The Sound Between

Narrating Through Listening in Argentine Cinema

Authors

  • Andrés Duarte Loza Instituto de Producción y Enseñanza del Arte Argentino y Latinoamericano (IPEAL), Facultad de Artes, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/2525085Xe067

Keywords:

situated voice, sound space, historiophony, sonic memory

Abstract

This article examines the role of the voice in two key moments of Argentine cinema: Tire dié (Fernando Birri, 1960) and Los rubios (Albertina Carri, 2003). In both films, the voice detaches from the image and takes on a displaced, situated, and performative character. Rather than being a simple bearer of meaning, it embodies an affective and fragmentary memory that reshapes the sound space as a narrative device. Through a critical and narrative mode of listening, the article proposes a historiophony of Argentine cinema, where the voice functions as a sensitive trace with political and identity projections.

References

Birri, F. (Director). (1960). Tire dié [Cortometraje documental]. Instituto de Cinematografía de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral.

Carri, A. (Directora). (2003). Los rubios [Película]. Aqua Films.

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Noriega, G. (2009). Estudio crítico sobre Los rubios. Entrevista a Albertina Carri. Picnic Editorial.

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Published

2025-12-15

How to Cite

Duarte Loza , A. . (2025). The Sound Between: Narrating Through Listening in Argentine Cinema. Arkadin, (14), e067. https://doi.org/10.24215/2525085Xe067

Issue

No. 14 (2025): Arkadin 14

Section

Tema central

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