WIND [Patagonia] _______________________ environmental sound matter from Patagonia

WIND [Patagonia] Environmental sound matter from Patagonia The Epoché Collection - vol. 8 “There was never a time when human agency was anything other than an interfolding network of humanity and nonhumanity; today this mingling has become harder to ignore.” Jane Bennett – ‘Vibrant Matter’ In Patagonia, vastness and solitude are shaped and reinforced by the constant presence of wind. Contrary to the stereotype of barren empty spaces as ‘quiet’, wind creates there –as in many other places– a relentless environment of sonic strength. Wind is an invisible force that most of the time is hearable through transducers such as plants, rocks, sand, snow or ice.