Collateral Landscapes by Rodrigo Romero-Flores.
This exhibition will run from Wednesday 2nd July until Thursday 10th July.
Open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between 12-4pm.
Collateral Landscapes uses AI software to generate images from Rodrigo’s poems, which are then manipulated in real time by audio-reactive software. The work explores the interrelationship between different artistic languages. The title, “Collateral Landscapes”, refers to the metaphorical landscapes that emerge from this interaction, but also to a deeper resonance: the connection between the human experience of loneliness, both individual and collective, and its correlate in war-torn geographical areas. The resulting visual process has served as the basis for an ambisonic composition. This essay, part of a larger series, marks a shift in his creative flow: from poetic writing to AI-generated imagery, and finally to spatialized sound, seeking a full multi-sensory immersion.
Collateral Landscapes was funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and developed with the support of the DAS XR Lab, and SARC: Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Sound and Music at Queen’s University Belfast.
Rodrigo Romero-Flores is a chilean poet, sound composer and visual artist, based in Northern Ireland. He studied Hispanic Language and Literature at the Universidad de Chile and Field Recording: Soundscape Composition at Goldsmiths, University of London.
His artistic practice relates to the sonic exploration of memory, the contrast between the sublime and the everyday, the passage of time and the sense of loss in a highly technological world. The tension between the present and the absent runs through all his works.