I went to wave the stone that is in the middle of the sea
There is a rock on the coast of Galicia, Spain, that is called the Waving Stone of Muxía. It used to move and produce a sound with a strong cultural value for the community but, unfortunately, it broke during a storm in 2016. Through a series of works based on its story, the artist aims to reflect on the complex situation of the Galician oral-transmitted culture in a context of minoritization. Nevertheless, the intention is not to describe it but to find in the breaking of the Waving Stone some kind of resistance; to show how in a moment of forced transformation a subaltern culture keeps finding ways to transmit itself and survive.
Authors
- Bambirra Torres
Institutions
- Royal Institute of Art (SE)
- Royal United Services Institute (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- tba Journal of Art Media and Visual Culture
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5206/tba.v6i1.18673
- Primary Topic
- Subtitles and Audiovisual Media
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00