Enrique del Castillo (Jaén, 1982) is a Spanish sound artist and musician whose practice bridges experimental music and visual art expanded cinema. Trained in both classical music and Fine Arts, his work centers on the transformation of light into sound through self-built instruments and optical systems.
Using repurposed parts from vintage projectors, he creates his own optical readers, so-called Umbráfonos, that translate patterns on 35mm film into sound. Blending mechanical processes, these hybrid machines—part instrument, part automaton—generate immersive soundscapes for performances and installations. His ongoing research explores analogue optical reading and the transcription of sonic frequencies into visual patterns on celluloid.
