Wormholedeath is pleased to announce the release of the “Making of Sacro” video by folk artist Amanda Gonsales, now available on YouTube. The video documents the creative process behind Sacro, her debut EP released via Wormholedeath.
Wormholedeath is pleased to announce the release of the “Making of Sacro” video by folk artist Amanda Gonsales, now available on YouTube. The video documents the creative process behind Sacro, her debut EP released via Wormholedeath.
Watch “Making of Sacro” on YouTube:
A Transformative Cultural Intersection
The “Making of Sacro” documentary explores the catalyst for Gonsales’ musical evolution: her time spent in Évora, Portugal. After a life-altering experience within a traditional church setting, Gonsales discovered the historical theme of the Inquisition, which served as a bridge between her internal trauma and the external world.
“The theme of the Inquisition made a lot of sense because shortly before arriving here, I went through something similar,” Gonsales shares in the video [00:48]. She describes her work as a “denunciation” [01:19] of the systemic atrocities, based on gender and race, that institutions continue to repeat.
From Personal Trauma to Universal Connection
In a brave revelation, Gonsales discusses her past within a neo-catechumenal group in Brazil, where she faced public judgment and “scrutiny” regarding her personal life and body [02:22]. This moment of rejection sparked a search for individuation, the courage to walk one’s own path regardless of societal codes of conduct [03:37].
Sacro is the result of this liberation, which began to happen when she was able to find the roots of this personal trauma in historical events.
The Sonic Landscape of Sacro
The “Making of” video captures the physical and atmospheric influences of Portugal that seeped into the music, the irregular stones of the floor, the cold wind, and the iron locks of ancient buildings [06:19]. Collaborating with artistic directors to facilitate this “dark and poetic universe” [07:32], Gonsales has created an EP that acts as a mirror for others.
“I think creation makes more sense when it starts from something personal but… reaches a point where it is not just talking about the ‘I’, but seeking social mirrors that dialogue with humanity,” says Gonsales [08:16].
