CARLOS SANDOVAL

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BLIND BOX

Berlin / Germany, 2014-2020

 

2023, City of inventories

2020, Installation, Mexican embassy in Germany

2018, Die

 der Dinge

2019-2021, Several recordings for commissioned music


 

Blind Box sits at the intersection between my sensor-equipped gloves and the transparent laboratory glove boxes commonly used in research environments:

 

Handling dangerous materials

with a Glove Box in a Lab

 

Unlike its clinical counterparts, my Blind Box is constructed from wood rather than plastic, emphasizing opacity, tactility, and uncertainty. The project was originally conceived as a portable case—a small, mobile studio designed to record found objects encountered in the street, later integrating those recordings into my musical work. During test recordings in my studio, however, I discovered a far more powerful potential: the Blind Box became a tool for transforming tactile experiences directly into sound. Over time, I developed a collection of sonic found objects to inhabit the Blind Box, which is now presented as an interactive sound installation. By removing visual access and privileging touch, the work invites participants to engage with sound in an unfamiliar and intimate way. Audience reactions vary widely, ranging from unease and hesitation to sonic excitement, curiosity, surprise, and even playfulness.

 

Interactive sound sculpture, in "Zu-Fall". Group exhibition.

A blind-folded tactile experience becomes a sonic creation.

Curator: Vanessa Enriquez.