Chuaqui, Miguel Basim

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Art OriginalIn Desde el Límite (From the Edge) I was inspired by the experience of my granduncle, Benedicto Chuaqui as presented in his book "Memorias de un Emigrante" (Memoirs of an Immigrant), who immigrated to Chile from Syria in the early 1900s. In the work there are disguised references to American musical sounds and styles that at various times come clearly into focus. Having grown up in Chile, these sounds are familiar, captivating, and yet somewhat foreign. The electronics are made up for the most part of white noise and electric bass and guitar sounds with much distortion, and the acoustic instruments are immersed in the artificial environment that these distorted electronic sounds create. The work begins with a noisy jet-like electronic explosion that gradually becomes a broad, static, electronic harmony from which the instruments tease out the motives that are to undergo a transformative narrative journey through the various recurring episodes of the work. Besides distorted e

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University of Utah

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Mountain West Digital Library