In this artwork, photography, sound and video, are channels to challenge
the calm and silence of interpretational and intellectual comfort zones that
camouflage the reality of contemporary migrations and its consequent
identity shifts, focusing on the exemplary case of the so-called “refugee
crisis” that has in Europe, specially Greece and Italy, its main stage.

Roda Viva (Live Wheel) is a video & audio immersive installation built on
documental archives. Audio samples are organized in sound groups
passing through sea crossing, boats and water noises, prayers and chants
inside refugee’s camps, human steps and body sounds then building a
soundscape. This installation presents to public an experience and a
reflectance about a remote reality: The gigantic migration wave in Europe.
It is a sound documental work that brings the capacity of an artifact holding
an immersive landscape, enabling to experience, test and incorporate the
original noise strength in order to process the remote reality questions.

1a_Technical set up:
The installation relies on a computerized system playing in several channels
this audio documentary. Based on Max software, the interface created
reproduces all the audio gamma (more than 300 sound files) divided in
seven groups. 
1b_Sound groups:
Continuous sound - Human steps
1. Human body sounds
2. Water sounds
3. Boat engine noises
4. Arab bowls and prayers
5. Children playing and singing on refugee´s camp
6. Refugee´s songs and chants