Barceloneta Sonora

Barceloneta Sonora is a participative research project in anthropology and art about the Barceloneta neighborhood (Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain). It includes a sound map of Barceloneta, an exhibition with artworks inspired by soundscape (Centre Cívic Barceloneta and Biblioteca Barceloneta La Fraternitat, see Exposición), workshops of field recording (see Soundscape Workshops pack), research on sound memories (see Memoria Sonora pack) and local Intangible Cultural Heritage (see packs Coros de la Barceloneta, Sounds of the fishermens’ port, Processó del Carme), sound art activities at Biblioteca Barceloneta La Fraternitat, Casal dels Infants, Casals de Gent Gran and more. Please visit website and social networks for details and updates.

Project curator:

• Dr. Ilaria Sartori, ethnomusicologist and sound anthropologist.

Students in practice at Barceloneta Sonora:

• Anna Espin, 4th grade student of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (April-June 2013): editing, uploading, describing and geolocalizing sounds.
• Aitor Gonzalez, 4th grade student of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (April-June 2014): field-recording, interviews, research and conference organization on Coros de la Barceloneta, editing, uploading, describing and geolocalizing sounds.

Special collaborations with professionals and artists:

• Eloisa Matheu (sound biologist): Barceloneta sounds of nature
• Luis Fernandes (director): videos
• José Manuel Berenguer (sound artist): Barceloneta sound archives at CCCB (Ciutat Sonora)
• Jaume Ayats (ethnomusicologist), Josep Maria Solé (historian): conference on Coros de la Barceloneta
• Gina Clotet (narrator), Laura Calosci (librarian), Esther Zamora (cultural activist), Nuria Sánchez Barrau (cretive): reading and sound art activities with children and senior citizens at Biblioteca Barceloneta La Fraternitat and Casal de Gent Gran Barceloneta.

With the financial and/or logistic support of Centre Cívic Barceloneta, Biblioteca Barceloneta La Fraternitat, MAC (Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Gas Natural Fenosa), Alosa, Sons de Barcelona, MTG, Phonos, UAB, more than 30 artists, the community of Barceloneta and a lot of nice people.