Behind the smile

"My piece imagines the clown beyond his public role. The piece is divided into two parts: the first focuses on his life in the street — moments of joy, chaos, conversations, advice to strangers, and the strange energy of constantly being surrounded by people. In the second part the clown is alone, the noise of the street fades, and sadness and an angry kind of nostalgia begin to surface. 

"Using granular synthesis and musique concrète techniques, I transformed sounds from the original field recording into musical material. The real voice of the clown remains present throughout the piece, but in the second part it gradually transforms into music itself, becoming the main musical theme, as if his voice continues speaking after words are no longer there."

Clown in Tlalpan, Mexico reimagined by 42.