Monserrat (a phono-archaeology)

Monserrat (a phono-archaeology) is a project developed between 2017-2020 that explores the recent sonic history of a Caribbean Island devastated by a volcanic eruption in 1995.

Monserrat (a phono-archaeology)-Fieldnotes is an extensive photographic record taken on site, capturing the takeover of derelict buildings by ash, the lingering traces of human activity within the exclusion zone, and the spaces where sound once emerged—along with the many buried objects that continue to hold it.

Fieldnote 03-12-18 – 6929 (Soufrière Hills Volcano), 2018
In collaboration with Peter Miles
Pigment print on baryta paper
52 x 79 cm
© Raul Ortega Ayala, All Rights Reserved

Fieldnote 24-04-17 – 8983 (Pentecostal church, Plymouth), 2017
In collaboration with Peter Miles
Pigment print on baryta paper mounted on dibond, veneered aluminium frame, museumglass
60,5 x 87 cm
Photo: GJ.vanROOIJ
© Raul Ortega Ayala, All Rights Reserved

Fieldnote 18-06-19 – 0022 (Church organ, Plymouth), 2019
In collaboration with Peter Miles
Pigment print on baryta paper
52 x 79 cm
© Raul Ortega Ayala, All Rights Reserved

Exhibition view at Durst Britt & Mayhew Gallery
Photo: Maarten Nauw

Fieldnote 18-06-19 – 0004 (Church, Plymouth), 2019
In collaboration with Peter Miles
Pigment print on baryta paper
52 x 79 cm
© Raul Ortega Ayala, All Rights Reserved

Fieldnote 21-06-19 – 7568 (Air Studios), 2019
In collaboration with Peter Miles
Pigment print on baryta paper mounted on dibond, veneered aluminium frame, museumglass
60,5 x 87 cm
Photo: GJ.vanROOIJ
© Raul Ortega Ayala, All Rights Reserved

Fieldnote 22-06-19 – 7570 (Air Studios), 2019
In collaboration with Peter Miles
Pigment print on baryta paper
52 x 79 cm
© Raul Ortega Ayala, All Rights Reserved

Exhibition view at Durst Britt & Mayhew Gallery
Fieldnote 21-06-19 – 7572 (Air Studios), 2019
In collaboration with Peter Miles
Pigment print on baryta paper mounted on dibond, veneered aluminium frame, museumglass
60,5 x 87 cm
© Raul Ortega Ayala, All Rights Reserved

Fieldnote 18-06-19 – 0140 (Church), 2019
In collaboration with Peter Miles
Pigment print on baryta paper
52 x 79 cm
© Raul Ortega Ayala, All Rights Reserved

Fieldnote 19-06-19 – 0255 (Radio Antilles), 2019
In collaboration with Peter Miles
Pigment print on baryta paper
52 x 79 cm
© Raul Ortega Ayala, All Rights Reserved

Fieldnote 20-06-19 – 7395 (Radio Antilles), 2019
In collaboration with Peter Miles
Pigment print on baryta paper
52 x 79 cm
© Raul Ortega Ayala, All Rights Reserved

Fieldnote 20-06-19 – 7458 (Radio Antilles), 2019
In collaboration with Peter Miles
Pigment print on baryta paper
52 x 79 cm
© Raul Ortega Ayala, All Rights Reserved

Exhibition view of 75 Years of New Contemporaries, Christie’s
Fieldnote 04-12-18 - 6738 (Silver Cats Bar, Montserrat), 2018
In collaboration with Peter Miles
Pigment print on baryta paper
52 x 79 cm