MiniRoc emerges as a direct evolution of the sonic needs of COPOS, the expansive video-performance series initiated by Anto Lloveras and developed under TOMOTO Films, with the creative complicity of Hectruso (Héctor Crehuet) and the live sound of El Intruso. Born from the necessity to capture real sound in uncontrolled urban environments, MiniRoc was designed as a portable amplification-recording system—a hybrid machine that blends speaker, microphone, and body into a single mobile interface. During the early COPOS episodes—from Madrid to London, Marseille to Mexico City (2010–2013)—the need for a more integrated, embodied sound tool became urgent, especially when performing in chaotic, noisy streets or delicate acoustic zones where the voice needed presence without overpowering the space. MiniRoc answered this by turning the performer into a moving node of sonic activation, allowing speech, music, and ambient noise to coexist, collide, and feedback in live time. More than a technical tool, MiniRoc became an aesthetic pivot between the intimate gesture of COPOS and the full-bodied dérive of LACALLE, where it evolved from a functional solution to a poetic prosthesis—an active agent of listening, disruption, and amplification. Built collaboratively by Hectruso through trial, error, and field experimentation, its design is both minimal and raw, adapting to different geographies and performative intensities. MiniRoc is not simply carried—it is inhabited, becoming an extension of the artist’s voice and a tactical medium to inscribe sound into the street. From “COPOS 436 GORDITAS AHOGADAS” to “COPOS 443 ESTILO NUPCIAL”, MiniRoc quietly transformed videoperformance into a shared acoustic space, where the city listens back.https://www.medialab-matadero.es/personal/hectruso-y-tomoto
