Ruca Kreis. Heidelberg, Germany
Eighth seeded guitar, northwest orientation.
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Tree: Oak
To Juan Corro
The installation was made for the Ruca Kreis Art and Territory Center, in Heidelberg, Germany. Currently the guitar is also the center of the temazcal altar of the space.
About the project
Canto Llano is a ceremonial-sound action installed on the earth’s crust. It consists of planting a tree inside the mouth of a buried guitar. The sound installation begins with a ritual action that begins the cycle of growth of the tree and the decomposition of the guitar.
A guitar is the culmination of an artisanal design made over centuries by different artisans and sound artists. It is a developing knowledge originating in a tree and its material, wood. Canto Llano presents the link between the beginning of this process and its culmination, as well as offering a poetic alliance between the development of biology and the growth over time of a work of art.
Collaborating in this project
Juan Corro
Fernando Giunta
Federico
Pamela Guruciaga
Guitars
The first guitar, east facing, was planted in the city of Casilda, Argentina, on October 12, 2017.
The second guitar, south facing, was planted in the town of Nesodden, Norway, on June 5, 2018.
The third guitar, west-facing, was planted in the city of Lausanne arrêt Blécherette, Switzerland, on August 10.
The fourth guitar, facing north, was planted in Los Acantilados, Mar del Plata, Argentina, on April 18, 2021.
The fifth guitar, northeast orientation, was planted in Prague, Czech Republic, October 8, 2022.
The sixth guitar, southeast facing, was planted in Pasto, Colombia, on February 23, 2023.
The seventh guitar, southwest facing, was planted in Avinyò, Catalonia, on June 11, 2023.
Photographs
Federico
Martín Virgili
