De abril 2010 adelante la FAS se celebrará bi-anualmente en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo en Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Detalles en preparación.

From April 2010 onwards, the FAS will be celebrated bi-annually at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Details in preparation.

Lisa Ladner
Andrés Lugo (substituting Jorge Castro)
Omar Obdulio Peña Forty

Comité de la FAS: fas [ at ] el-status.com

CONTEXT

There are only about 40 Puerto Rican (or Puerto Rico based) visual or plastic artists who dedicate themselves - non of them exclusively but many of them continuously - to producing sound art.

At the same time many local musicians have been declaring themselves sound artists, some of them since the 1980s. Both groups - that are by no means clearly divided as the FAS 08 has showed - have been and are trying to explore the world of sound beyond the usual, using body and voice, latest technologies and traditional instruments, natural and industrial sounds and much more as their palette.

Until now only a few works of sound art have found their way into contemporary art collections.

Audio sculptures, installations, performances, mp3 files, CDs or other multimedial pieces of art that include music or diverse sounds are not as easy to appreciate as paintings or traditional sculptures. But by integrating multiple disciplines they perfectly reflect the contemporaneity in contemporary art.

The first Sound Art Fair FAS 08 has showcased mainly local artists and included talks about local sound related topics such as noise pollution.

While the upcoming FAS and other sound art events are in preparation, we invite you to look back on the successfull first Feria de Arte Sonoro, the FAS 08!