Slavs and Tatars

Sonoridad Samovar is an installation by the collective Slavs and Tatars that proposes a space-time of communion through reading and tea. Activated by performative and sound-based interventions, the project is conceived as a shared and exuberant experience, where multilingualism takes shape through the dramaturgy of translation, different languages, and the resonance of the voice.

At the center of the installation is a samovar—the traditional vessel used to heat and serve tea from Turkey to Russia and Central Asia—which embodies a gesture of hospitality and gathering. The exhibition space will remain in a state of “boil,” both literally and orally. A series of publications will be displayed on rahlé —X-shaped supports traditionally used to hold sacred texts during reading or recitation—alongside kilims to sit on.

Designed to serve tea to a large number of guests, the samovar offers a moment of belonging through a shared ritual: a way of releasing steam in an increasingly heated world; of decompressing, not in diluted form, but infused with discourse and conviviality.

As part of the inauguration of the exhibition, sound artist Lubomir Grzelak, known as Lutto Lento, who composed the musical piece for the installation, will give a musical performance.

This performance is part of the Cacophony and Euphony series, which explores two types of sound: first, cacophony or dissonance, which generates chaos in which languages and sounds collide in forceful and unexpected ways; and second, euphony, as the possibility of a pleasant sound through harmonious combinations of words and experiences.

—Museo Jumex