Paititi: a multimodal journey to el dorado (original artwork, installation, sound synthesis, video)

This dissertation discusses the elaboration of Paititi: A Multimodal Journey to El Dorado. Paititi is an installation piece involving literary, visual and sonic elements inspired on the historical records of the legend of El Dorado. The piece addresses the current situation of the Amazonian varzea keeping as a geographical and historical framework the first expedition into the Amazon Basin, carried out in 1541 by a Spanish group led by Francisco de Orellana. The sonic profiles of several sites along the Amazon Basin were documented incorporating their temporal and spatial characteristics into the multimedia work.