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“Vermin Gloom” — ASMA

pon entering “Vermin Gloom,” one is immediately apprehended by an ambient soundscape, binding together the visitor, the architecture, and the works on display. Composed by musician Balas De Agua, the score is a composite of drum, flute, and key samples, evoking the simultaneously warm and spectral sound of an old transistor radio playing in a forgotten cave. The untitled soundtrack is the ideal point from which to begin the show by artist duo ASMA (composed of Matias Armendaris and Hanya Beliá). Around the 20-minute mark, instrumentals are bolstered by the sounds

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