- event type:Film
- date:30 Apr 2026 - 10 May 2026
- city/area:Berlin
- venue:virtualWOMEX
- country:Germany
- event posted by:Piranha Arts
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Directed by Miguel Buenrostro
Duration 13’52 | Sound only
For Acústica en Ayuujk, Buenrostro collaborates with archaeologist and musician Facundo ‘Kunt’ Vargas, and with musician, professor, and orchestra conductor Andrés Vargas in producing a series of improvisation exercises with trumpets and trombones. In the film montage, he juxtaposes the cultural landscape of Tlahuitoltepec, its mountains, with the fields surrounding the archaeological zone of Mitla, 40 km from Oaxaca de Juárez, spaces that the musicians chose for the recordings of the sound sessions.
‘Kunt’ Vargas points out that in Ayuujk, the terms used to translate the Western notion of "acoustics" are Kojpktë / Pojtë, literally meaning mountain / wind. For him, acoustics in Ayuujk travels through these two channels of the landscape, spaces where language and territory operate as indices of listening and defense.
Miguel Buenrostro with the participation of Facundo ‘Kunt’ Vargas and Andrés Vargas
Sound Gustavo Obligado