Carlos Monleón

La Consueta del Siluro (The Catfish Score)

La Consueta del Siluro is a choral work that gives voice, from a contemporary vantage point, to territorial conflicts of the past and hydrological challenges of the future involving bodies of water such as reservoirs, rivers, and aquifers. The figure of the genius loci—the mythological custodian of bodies of water—is updated to reflect the anthropogenic footprint, embodied here by an ‘invasive species’. The sensory worlds of this chimerical catfish unfold within an installation in which we can traverse inundated valleys and listen, from the silt, to the human and more-than-human voices of submerged villages and ecosystems.

Bio

Carlos Monleón (Madrid, 1983) works at the intersection of diverse levels of bodily sensation and perception, ranging from the (micro)biological to the performative and social. His works explore how different bodies metabolise and reflect social and ecological systems. His practice is rooted in collaborative research carried out in dialogue with scientists, musicians, artists, and public institutions. He has developed collaborative projects at Seventeen Gallery and Auto Italia (London), CA2M (Móstoles), La Casa Encendida (Madrid), Matadero Madrid, and HIAP (Helsinki). His solo work has been presented at institutions such as LUMA (Arles), Z33 (Hasselt), Kai Art Center (Tallinn), Ars Electronica (Linz), Centre d’Art La Panera (Lleida), as well as the Istanbul Design Biennale and the Oporto Design Biennale, among others.