PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOUND ART FOR YEARS, USING THE SAME WORDS AND PHRASES, WHETHER THEY ARE IN OR OUT OF THE LOOP.
IN-SONORA HAS HAD THE DISTINCTION OF BEING A CONSTANT BREATH OF FRESH AIR, DESPITE BEING LOCATED IN THE CAPITAL. DESPITE A SATURATED SOUNDSCAPE, IT HAS NOT YIELDED THE BATON, AND HAS STRUCK A BALANCE BETWEEN THE UPPER-ECHELON STARS, AMATEURS EAGER TO GROW, AND PROFESSIONALS WHO’VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR YEARS. DESPITE WINNING AWARDS AT A YOUNG AGE, SOME ARTISTS APPEAR TO GET LOST. MANY OF THEM DO NOT CHOOSE TO DO SOUND ART AND ONE CAN’T HELP BUT WONDER WHY. BUT SOME DID TAKE PARTIN IN-SONORA AND, DESPITE SOME PEOPLE’S DEAFNESS TO NEW EXPERIENCES, THE FESTIVAL SURVIVED. THE PROBLEM IS THE IDOLIZATION OF ANY KIND OF ARTIST, WHILE THE PUBLIC CREATES ART UNCONSCIOUSLY. YET WE FEEL COMFORTABLE IN OUR SEATS THINKING THAT THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR IS REALLY POSSIBLE. WE EVEN CONFORM OUR THINKING, QUOTING THEM TO GAIN RESPECT, IT’S ALL QUITE RIDICULOUS. IN-SONORA IS STILL YOUNG, LIKE A TEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL, AND THERE ARE AS MANY YEARS OF FORTUNE TO CELEBRATE ITS GROWTH.
Alicia G. Hierro