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.

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tba Journal of Art Media and Visual Culture
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2025-02-01
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https://doi.org/10.5206/tba.v6i1.18673
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I went to wave the stone that is in the middle of the sea

Bambirra Torres
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I went to wave the stone that is in the middle of the sea

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Abstract

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.

tba Journal of Art Media and Visual CultureVol. 6(1)
Royal Institute of Art (SE), Royal United Services Institute (GB)
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