Meet the Artist / Naó: Spiral Sound Healing
by Paola Tásai

Paola Tásai (Chihuahua, México) north-mexican interdisciplinary artist, cultural manager and researcher. She compose music, soundscapes, poetry and performance, often inspired by my roots. She has presented her creations internationally and received the Chihuahua Prize for Innovation in Arts and Sciences (2022). With three indie folk albums (Primer Viaje, 2018; Eeká Nawajíala, 2019; Ave Migrante, 2024) and projects such as Naó: Spiral Sound Healing (2022) she explores sound as a space of memory, resilience, and transformation.

In times when we legitimately question our way of life, returning to our origins and roots helps us to recognize ourselves collectively and to build new paths based on our identity.

Naó is an interdisciplinary work of audiovisuals, soundscapes, songs, and performance based on the poetic work of Marisol Rivas Castillo (poet in the Ódami language), Dolores Batista (poet in the Rarámuri language), Brenda López Santaneño (poet in the Warijó language), and the traditional medicine knowledge of Pima healer Esperanza Flores Sierra, all members of Indigenous communities in Chihuahua, northern Mexico.

Presentations in Mexico and Spain in various formats (2022 and 2023):

-Performance: Group exhibition for the course "Narrativity and Critical Thinking," VI Action Art Congress Action Sprint 2023 at the Complutense University of Madrid.

-Installation Recital: Group exhibition "Wounded World, Dreamed World" from the Master's Program in Arts Production and Research at the University of Granada.

-Performance with live musicians: (full work) Spiral 1 at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Arts of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua in Mexico.

-Premiere of Audiovisual Production: (FOMAC 5 production) El Rejón Cinema in Chihuahua City, Mexico.