Andrea Zarza Canova - M4C

Andrea Zarza Canova

Visual Arts, University of Nottingham

Contact Information

Supervisors

Nicola Royan (staff)
University of Nottingham

James Mansell (staff)
University of Nottingham

Salma Tuqan
University of Nottingham

Thesis title:

Sound as Cultural Artefact (CDA)

Research Area

Visual Arts

Publications

Zarza Canova, A. and Colmenares Gil, C. (Accepted/In Press). 'Rhythms of Venezuela: the extraction and refinement of traditional music', in Critical Perspectives on Petrosonics. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Zarza Canova, A. (2021). ‘The rhythm of the archive’, The Contemporary Journal, 3. Available at: https://thecontemporaryjournal.org/strands/sonic-continuum/the-rhythm-of-the-archive.

Zarza Canova, A. (2020). 'Pathways Towards Decolonizing the Sound Archive'. In: InwardOutward Symposium. Available at: https://inwardoutward.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/InwardOutward2020_SymposiumPublication.pdf.

Zarza Canova, A. (2019). ‘Soineko Paisaia / Dorsal Landscape’, Papeles del CEIC, 2019(2):63, pp. 1-7. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1387/pceic.20611.

Conferences

Presented paper 'Your Ears Later Will Know to Listen' at Postcolonial Hauntologies. Art in the Presence Absence of the Past, University of Amsterdam and Concordia University, 5, 7 and 8 March 2025.

Presented paper 'Audible Oil: Sonic postcards from BP Touring Service' at Crude Representations Seminar: BP and Audio-Visual Culture, University of Edinburgh and University of Southampton, 12 February 2025.

Presented paper 'Encountering archival sound in exhibitions' within panel Sustaining Signals: Sounding the Curatorial at Congress 2024, McGill University, Montreal/Tiohtià:ke, 13 June 2024 (postponed by organisers).

Co-presented paper 'Rhythms of Venezuela: the re-materialisation of folklore' with Carlos Colmenares at Critical Perspectives on Petrosonics, Royal Musical Association (RMA) and British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE), King’s College London, 11 May 2023.

Public Engagement & Impact

Talk 'Artists and Sound Archives: Renée Green's Import/Export Funk Office' at Music Department Research Colloquia Series, University of Nottingham, 26 November 2024. (more info)

Visiting lecturer in MFA Curating Workshop, Goldsmiths, University of London, 20-22 November 2024.

Walkthrough of exhibition Julian Abraham 'Togar': REꓘONCILIATION, Nottingham Contemporary, 2 June 2024. (more info)

Listening session 'Plant the seed to harvest the song' as part of The Listening Affect, Galeria Municipal do Porto (Portugal), 10-12 November 2023. (more info)

Interview discussing research at Fonoteca Municipal do Porto (Portugal), November 2023. (more info)

Residency at Fonoteca Municipal do Porto (Portugal), November 2023.

Memberships

Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association
The Paul Mellon Centre's Doctoral Research Network
ICOM UK (International Council of Museums UK)
ICTM (International Council of Traditional Music) Study Group on Sources and Archives for Music and Sound Studies