Escuchar lo invisible

Servidor Local invites the public to Escuchar lo invisible, a workshop on building experimental microphones for detecting electromagnetic waves. As part of the public program accompanying the exhibition Portátil-Phos, participants will construct an electromagnetic induction microphone designed to make audible the otherwise silent emissions produced by the electronic devices that surround us.

More than a workshop focused on tools or techniques, Escuchar lo invisible proposes microphone-making as a means of expanding our capacity to listen—a way of attuning the body and imagination to frequencies that normally remain beyond our perception.

This activity is open to participants aged 11 and older and will be led by Juan Pablo Villegas. The workshop fee is MXN $300 (materials included: an electromagnetic-wave listening kit).

JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS
Juan Pablo Villegas is a multidisciplinary artist based in Mexico City whose practice explores the convergence of artistic, institutional, and musical archives through technologies ranging from analog media to contemporary digital systems. He graduated with honors from CENTRO and holds a master’s degree from Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains [Le Fresnoy – National Studio of Contemporary Arts] in France. He has undertaken residencies in Italy and Lithuania and has collaborated with international artists, filmmakers, and technologists.
Since 2006, he has developed audiovisual performances and exhibited at museums and art centers across Mexico, Europe, and the United States. His work, recognized by the Bienal de Imagen en Movimiento [Moving Image Biennial] and supported by FONCA and Mexico’s National System of Art Creators, is distinguished by its creation of experiences of active presence that engage the relationships between society, technology, and territory.
He is also the founder of Detona, a platform dedicated to expanded documentary narratives, and is currently a member of Mexican Rarities, where he recontextualizes Mexico’s musical heritage through an archaeological and experimental lens.

—Servidor Local