R / A is an on-going performance collaboration between Cecyl Ruehlen and Adán De La Garza that largely focuses on percussive and environmental situations. R / A was first conceived in 2011 revolving around drumset triggered live sampling and free form harsh collage. In 2012 the project turned towards further abstractions and inventive construction. Their primary source of interest lies in the format/layout of the percussion tools and gestures as sonic research. The drum set serves as a perceptual and structural tool for studying and producing the "sounds of sociality," becoming a carrier of manipulated texts that connect and rupture between opposing forces. The drum, which signifies the anthropic root for sublimating violence, continues to carry ritualistic symbolism in contemporary cultures. R / A incorporates live performance, installation, video works, found sound, digital sampling, and constructed noise. The duo view percussion as an open-ended inquiry. These inquiries include varying versions and situations that become both acoustic instruments and the transmitting intermediaries of audio feedback and conflict.

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Below are a collection of video works and still image documents from past performances.