Can we present the instrument cajón under a new light?

Babúm

Riccardo Fresch

We are surrounded by untold stories.
The things we are familiar with, the words we know are holders of silent migrations and are potential possessors of sporadic and casual counterparts. In other words, the world is woven in invisible paths that connect the most unexpected objects, a net of forgotten relations and exchanges that can be called transfers, a concept that introduces a great variety of meanings that can be referred to contexts all very far from each other: it can be linked to distant geographical connections, testify diverse cultural influences or symbolize a legacy.

Babúm takes inspiration from the centuries-long-chain of events that lies behind the cajón, a musical instrument that collects its origins ranging from African percussions and Latin American contributions to flamenco variations, wanting to present it under a new light and direct it towards the kids audience.

A project made in the course

The Migration of Forms

Transfer as a Tool for Ideas. “Our material world is made up of a succession of layers; generation by generation, work by work, each new layer is informed by and created in dialogue with the existing material strata. The food we eat, the spaces we occupy, the written and visual media we engage with, the songs we listen to, the art we spend time with, the films we watch, and the objects we live with were all informed by past material culture and, in turn, will influence future creative decisions.” This short intro by Jasper Morrison offers a clear vision of our material world, how it evolves and how it is understood and utilised, both structurally and chronologically. We can recognise the inherent law which seems to be working in the background of the theory.
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