Maite Rivera Carbonell

A Puerto Rican artist and innovator born in 1976, she has built a career rooted in the exploration of sound as a shaping force in daily life. Raised in San Juan, her work crosses disciplines, embracing field recordings, spatial audio, and collaborative projects that invite listening as a shared practice. Grounded in community and place, she approaches sound as a civic language—often reflecting personal memory, neighborhood textures, and emergent patterns in urban soundscapes. Her practice emphasizes process over product, prioritizing listening, experimentation, and illiciting response from audiences through immersive environments. She continues to explore how sound can reveal unseen connections within spaces and communities.