Tomas Florez
1 July 2022 – 16 August 2022
Tomás Flórez has been working since 2015 in the field of sound experimentation, mainly through ambient music and free improvisation.
He has acted in The House on, in several cycles of concerts and festivals organized by the Madrid free improvisation collective Rare Music, in the sound art cycle CAAMSonora of the Atlantic Center of Modern Art of Gran Canaria, at the experimental music festival Viral Noise and in the Fonoteca de Arte Sonoro y Música Experimental of Murcia.
In addition to several collaborations with members of the Madrid free improvisation collective Raras Músicas, he is part of the platform Room 603 dedicated to musical production, audiovisual experimentation and the design of sound spaces for theater. She is also a member of the electroacoustic improvisation quartet LÅANG and the ambient music duo ANGLE with whom he has published several works. He has also worked on musical projects Several Circles and Escape From Vallecas associated with Room 603.
Project in residence
Ars Natura
Ars Natura is an ambient music project built on fake field recordings, artificially generated through processed guitars that aim to emulate natural environments reminiscent of fictitious geographies. The project began to take shape in Madrid at the end of 2018 but the following year Tomás moved to Picos de Europa to complete the composition and recording process in a rural setting, closer to nature. After publishing the project in December 2021 and presenting it live in several places around the peninsula, Tomás will present the project in quadraphonic sound at the LABoral art centre, using the possibilities offered by quadraphonic to favour the immersion of the listener in an intimate and introspective discourse that gives rise to reflection on our relationship with the natural environment, highlighting both its beauty and its fragility.
Project selected in the 1st Call for Artistic Residencies 2022
