La Jangada Irupé is a collaborative sound research project examining transformations in the vibratory regime of the Paraná River. Animal and plant species, water currents, vessels, and instruments perceive and produce vibration in radically different ways. The research asks what happens when a river’s vibratory regime changes, and what contemporary music and sound art might learn from forms of perception built on vibration rather than hearing.
The project responds to a period of accelerated change in the river system. The development of the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway, alongside efforts to expand commercial navigation, is increasing the circulation of large vessels and altering the river’s vibratory conditions. The sábalo, central to the river’s commercial fishery, is undergoing sustained population decline. La Sociedad de Amigos y Benefactores de las Artes de Cañada Rosquín works from outside conventional art circuits, framing this position as consistent with a broader critique of the extractivist logic shaping the river itself.
La Sociedad de Amigos y Benefactores de las Artes de Cañada Rosquín is a transdisciplinary artistic research collective based in Cañada Rosquín, Santa Fe, Argentina.
