Esquellòrium is a sound installation by Núria Andorrà, commissioned by the Barcelona Museu de la Música.
This work invites listening and reflection, and offers an immersive sound experience. Its dual intention is to generate a personal experience and, at the same time, question our position in space, time and decision-making.
At a time when we are irreversibly losing the connection with our origins, in an increasingly accelerated and chaotic world, the Esquellòrium is an appeal to presence and to the review of our relationship with rurality, and an invitation, from listening, to conscious and responsible change.
Esquellòrium presents in suspension nearly a thousand skells that have been used for decades in grazing herds throughout Catalonia, and confronts and pairs one of the most characteristic soundscapes of the countryside with the largest concert hall in the country, in the heart of the city.
The installation can be visited in the Foyer of Room 1 of L'Auditori during concert times in the same room, and features the activation and intervention of several artists from the current scene such as Federica Porello and Ariadna Torner, Octavi Rumbau, Llorenç Barber, Fred Frith, Joana Gomila and Laia Vallès or Olga Blanco.
In parallel, at the Museu de la Música you can visit (pre)squellòrium, an exhibition that documents the research process of creative work with musical squells and necklaces of various types, as well as an audiovisual intervention by Sara Boldú.
Complementary activities:
Friday, March 14, at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 3, at 6:30 p.m
Saturday, May 31, at 1 p.m.
Performances:
Thursday, March 20, Transterminància
With Núria Andorrà, Esquellòrium, and Octavi Rumbau, electronics
Sunday, April 27, Belar
With Núria Andorrà, Esquellòrium, Joana Gomila, vocals and Laia Vallès, electronics
Saturday, May 17, Batall
With Núria Andorrà, Esquellòrium and percussions, Fred Frith, guitar and Llorenç Barber, percussions
Friday, June 13, CouRe
Idea
Núria Andorrà
Audiovisuals
Sara Boldú
Photography
Sara Boldú, Pol Naranjo
Lighting and sound design
Daniel Antolín, Roc Mateu, Jordi Salvadó, Jou Serra
Construction and assembly
Scenography Moià, with the support of the technical teams of L'Auditori
Executive production
Escenapart
Esquellòrium is a project commissioned and produced by Museu de la Música de Barcelona – Centre Robert Gerhard
Curatorship
Jordi Alomar
With the support of
El Canal – Centre de Creació d’Arts Escèniques de Salt, Associació Montmusic Interdisciplinar
With the collaboration of
Tornen les esquelles
With the participation of
Llorenç Barber, Olga Blanco, Fred Frith, Joana Gomila, Octavi Rumbau, Federica Porello, Ariadna Torné, Laia Vallès
Sheep lent by shepherds
Casa Ginestà del Montseny, Ramon Cornellana de Puiggròs i de casa Besolí de Farrera, Joan Anton Mariné Espinola de Riudoms, Josep Serra Riba, Ernest Sitges de la Pobla de Lillet, Jordi Venys de Montsonís d’Arbúcies
Acknowledgements
Jordi Abella, Joan Andorrà, Francesca Andorrà, Jordi Balada, Artur Boirà, Elias Casanovas Adrián, Uri Cleries, Titín Custey, Ton Deu, Joan Díaz, Joaquim Flix, Vanesa Freixa, Elena Galán, Blai Panareda, Jordi Pedrol, Josep Serra Riba, Marga Socias, Jordi Vallés, Ana Vivero, Ajuntament de Montseny, Museu Terra, Fira Tàrrega and to all the people who, in one way or another, have helped make this project a reality.
Dedicated to all the shepherds who dedicate their lives to livestock farming and especially to godmother Carme, godfather Paquito, aunt Maria and uncle Francisco.
The prototype of this installation received support in the Call for Grants for the Production of Shows and Exhibitions Related to Popular and Traditional Culture from the Cultural Initiative Support Office of the Department of Culture (2024).
