An Ego That Floats

In this sound piece, Lucrecia Dalt uses the mythological figure of the Boraro, a character from Colombian folklore associated with duality, confusion and deception, to explore what can happen at the moment when consciousness transcends and only one body remains. The work offers a reflection on life, death and the aural experience of the last moments of existence. The Boraro acts as a metaphor for disease and corruption, embodying forces that strip away identity. The victim, once stripped of content, enters into a philosophical reflection on what remains:

What am I but a limit? 
What am I but a surface? 
What am I but a boundary? 
What am I but a shore? 
What am I but a border? 
What am I but a silhouette? 
What am I but my pulse?

At the centre of the piece is the heartbeat – the pulse that sustains life. Here, Lucrecia Dalt presents two realities: the spoken, from the point of view of the predator, who seeks to reduce the body to a mere surface and find pleasure in its transcendence, and the sonorous, which is experienced from the point of view of the victim, as if we were small cells within a body that is experiencing the end.

In this sound installation, movement orchestrates the experience, and the viewer constructs the work as they move through the exhibition. Pulses, percussion, sound effects and vocals gradually emerge, creating a dynamic flow that invites deep immersion. The spatialisation and multiplicity of sounds initially generate uncertainty; however, as the visitor progresses, a rhythmic and harmonic coherence unfolds. The sonic landscape is fragmented and reconstructed and guides the listener through resonances and textures that tell a story of deception and revelation. Finally, the composition leads us to a sweet spot, where the piece is revealed in its entirety.

Credits

Composition: Lucrecia Dalt
Lyrics: Lucrecia Dalt
Spatialisation engineer: Jordi Salvadó

Lucrecia Dalt

Lucrecia Dalt lives and works in the United States. She is an electronic, abstract and experimental sound artist born in Colombia. After moving to Europe, she released a series of works, including a release on Nicolás Jaar's Other People label and collaborations with Aaron Dilloway. Recent albums include Anticlines (2018), No era sólida (2020), ¡Ay! (2022) and A Danger to Ourselves (2025).

www.lucreciadalt.com