The Signifigance of a Waterfall Divided in Two

Eric Maltz

About this exposition

In January of 2022, I traveled with my family to Catarata Gocta, a two-tiered waterfall in the high rainforest, just outside of Cocachimba in Peru’s northeast. I seized this opportunity to conduct an artistic research experiment combining field recording, mystical participation, dream work, philosophy, and psychology. I incite and analyze dreams, peel back the perverse layers of my capitalist induced fantasies, exhaust liquid metaphors, engage in forms of mystical participation, discuss whether it’s even possible to record a place at all and draw connections and conclusions whose coherence is, well, maybe not so coherent. This essay touches on Sonic Journalism, the psychologies of Jung, the art criticism of Sontag and Berger and the art of Cage, Duchamp, and Hunter S. Thompson. The field recordings and images presented here are shreds of evidence supporting my own twisted brand of Gonzo Journalism. It is a tight rope walk across microphone cables and book spines, fueled by coffee, internet databases, and obsessive listening. The gravitational current pulling the waters of Catarata Gocta earthward is the dense center around which this essay orbits. Stretching across its horizon, I feel myself emptied, my thoughts laid bare and made available for self-examination.

type	research exposition
keywords	field recording, capitalism, dreams, nature, sound studies
date	16/10/2023
published	07/06/2024
last modified	07/06/2024
status	published
share status	private
copyright	2023
license	All rights reserved
language	American English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2339085/2339086
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/hub.2339085
published in	HUB - Journal of Research in Art, Design and Society
portal issue	2. HUB Issue #2 / Spring 2024 / Varia

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name	Gocta Nature Morning Transition
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name	Visiting David Tudor's Rainforest
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name	Lima Night
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name	Night Jungle
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name	Gocta through Lense
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name	Air France Hipocampus
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name	Air France Sirens
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name	Lima Roof Top
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name	Gocta From A Distance
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name	Gocta - Waterfall Sound
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name	Gocta - Waterfall Sound with Boosted Low End
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name	Lima Night
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name	Gocta Natura Evening Crickets
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