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

id	name	copyright	license
2356816	Lima Rooftop	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356818	Catarata Gocta Part One	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356820	Catarata Gocta Part Two	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356822	Gocta Natura Morning Transition	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356824	Lima Night	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356837	Gocta Night Crickets	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356841	Air France Wing	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356842	Gocta Binoculars	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356843	Gocta From Lodge	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356846	Gocta Night Crickets	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356847	Gocta with Mix Pre	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356848	Gocta with MixPre2	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356849	Lima Rooftops	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356850	Night Transition Photo	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356851	Ocean Picture	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2356852	Visiting David Tudor's Rainforest	Heni Hen	All rights reserved
2357384	4 - Catarata Gocta Part One	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2357389	Air France Sirens	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2684341	Gotca from a Distance	Eric Maltz	All rights reserved
2684740	Water World Film Poster	Universal Pictures	All rights reserved

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