Transonic

Bay Area artist and composer Guillermo Galindo’s work engages with the practice of sonic healing, rooted in his post-Mexican heritage and his ongoing study of pre-Columbian traditions. Combining his experimental compositions with observations and objects from the Mexican-American borderlands, Galindo brings his multidisciplinary creations to the public at Qualia this summer. Known for his work along the Mexican-American border, Galindo continues to engage with the idea of borders in his new work, expanding the concept to encompass all meanings of the term from physical barriers to ideological divides. Cybertotemic sonic objects also serve as portals to other states of being and as markers on the fraying edge of reality. Whether by the sonic vibrations of Galindo’s sculptures, carefully tuned to their resonant frequencies, or by the memorialization of loved ones lost to the cruelty of the desert borderscape, the artist’s compassion touches all who engage with his work. Methods of translation become tools of transformation, ritual, and sensory connection in Transonic, as do the visualization, animation, and physicality of sound.