Exhibit: Zottoh - untitled installation

Exhibit runs August 1-28
Opening reception with live music by Zottoh & cannibal boom: Saturday August 1, 4-6pm
Open during all events, or email us to schedule a different time to view
Zottoh is the solo project of Santiago Soto, focused on sound works built through electric guitar feedback and spatial amplification systems, where the surrounding environment becomes part of the instrument itself.
In this configuration, a guitar is suspended within a metal frame, held in place by tensioned steel cables. The surrounding structure functions as an environment that both supports and stresses it. Transducers fed by external sources as well as by the guitar’s own signal excite the entire structure, setting both frame and instrument into vibration. Sound, captured through the guitar’s own pickups, is reintroduced into the space through speakers and transducers, activating a continuous loop of airborne and structural feedback. In this way, sound appears both self-inflicted and as a response to its environment.
Conceived as a self-portrait, the piece does not represent appearance but condition. The suspended guitar becomes a surrogate body—held together by the same forces that strain to pull it apart.
During the opening, the work is performed using synthesizers and external processing; during the exhibition period, it remains open to visitor interaction through a simplified interface that excites the structure directly, without amplification.