Cucurrucucú

Cucurrucucú stands as a dichotomy of a two-part structure of a double spiral that meets in the centre, leaning on each other and holding a bird feather. On one side the vocal melody and on the other the bass-line of the Mexican folk song, called ‘Cucurrucucú Paloma’.

 

Creating a balance that can be both, fragile and stable at the same time. Playing with the notion of the onomatopoeia Cucurrucucú, that turns the sound of a pigeon into a word, and Inspired by music’s necessity of

equilibrium, Maness pours the song’s score into 1.000 bags of cement that serve as piano keys, transforming music into haptic objects.

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Sound is depicted by physical form: Observing the difference in size and colour, one can see pressed piano keys that stand for the exact notes played and sung in the song and converge to a central moment of pausing. Melody becomes matter.

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“What do stones know about love?” - abstract out of the lyrics from

Cucurrucucú.