Miscellaneous
In the pursuit of taking out the most of the materials, a whole range of experimentation is being made steadily, such as the one conducted in the cavern of Mendukilo (Navarre) by Juan Mari Beltran, aimed at providing a suitable txalaparta background for visits (as of March 2008) based on sounds created by playing with elements from the very grotto.
Beyond the boundaries of music art, the sculptor native from Usurbil (Gipuzkoa) Jose Luis Elexpe «Pelex» has turned txalaparta into the object of his work. Himself a pupil of the famous txalaparta player Jexux Artze, in the exhibition put on in Usurbil as of 09/05/2008 «Pelex» attempts to cross over the immovability of his discipline. Besides wood, metal is used to fashion figures representing txalapartaris, as well as playing with black&white, on the one hand, and colours, on the other, to stress different approaches.
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