Laura Llaneli. Mute Murmur

In Mute Murmur, Laura Llaneli places sound in a space of unexpected possibility. Through this minimal yet sustained action, she shifts listening towards the world of imagination and invites us to consider the extent to which a sound can exist without actually sounding. In a cultural context dominated by the visual, this imagined listening project seeks to reshape, albeit temporarily, the perceptual frenzy that characterises contemporary life.

This performance is the result of ongoing research into sound perception and transmission and takes the form of a score without sounds, open to each member of the audience’s individual and collective resonance. By evoking the sounds that frame the museum’s everyday institutional life, the sounds of the urban fabric and the sounds of the natural surroundings, it gives rise to frictions and expectations often lost in the background but which decisively shape our sensory experience.

In this way, the museum terrace becomes especially permeable to these tensions. Situated simultaneously both inside and outside the institution, in a seemingly sheltered place that is also exposed to the shifting sounds of the city that filter in, it is reconfigured as a privileged setting for attentive listening to the (mute) murmurs that often go unnoticed yet which softly and subtly shape our collective perception.

Activity held as part of the third edition of the “Following the Sun” series, entitled “Uncovering the Gaze”, curated by Carolina Ciuti.

The work of Laura Llaneli (Granada, 1986) explores the relationship between sound production and experience, language and contemporary visual arts practices. Her projects focus on the impact of variations on patterns and stable structures in certain cultural products, while also testing the resilience of language as a code and of sound as a social icon.

She is represented by ADN Galeria and is the winner of the 2019 Art for Change Prize, the 2018 Miquel Casablancas Visual Arts Prize and the 2017 Embarrat Prize, among others. She has held solo exhibitions in venues across Spain and abroad, including the Centre de les Arts Lliures de la Fundació Joan Brossa, Barcelona; La Capella, Barcelona; Casal Solleric, Palma; ADN Galeria, Barcelona; Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona; Casaplan, Valparaíso, Chile; Swinton & Grant, Madrid; and art3, Valence, France. She has also taken part in group shows at Lo Pati, Amposta; The Clemente, NYC; Palacio de los Condes de Gabia, Granada; Centro de Arte Rafael Botí, Córdoba; Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat; and Casa de Velázquez, Madrid, among others. She has performed at festivals such as Asistir 2022, Mexico; Signal Reload, Sardinia; Intermediale, Poland; Mixtur, Barcelona; POESIA i +, Caldes d’Estrac; CAAMsonora, Gran Canaria; LEM, Barcelona; Tsonami IX, Chile; and Eufònic, Terres de l’Ebre.

She currently lives and works in Barcelona. She studied music before completing a diploma in Graphic Design. She holds a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona, where she went on to do an MA in Sound Art and an MA in Teacher Training.