Binaural develops
production, promotion, research and teaching activities, with the purpose
of establish itself as a platform for the experimentation and sharing
of theorical thinking on the areas of artistic practice, technology and
media.
The main objectives to pursuit are:
- To promote a growing public conscience of the experimental
sound and visual arts through the promotion of projects that deal with
artistic research and creation using new technologies.
- To establish a discourse and a reflection focus, not only on the creation
of artistic products, but also and fundamentally on the circulation and
transmission of collaborative actions that are capable of promoting social
interaction and collective intelligence, using Internet and the new available
communication technologies (wireless, GPS, net radio, etc.).
- To promote a pedagogical approach through projects directed to organizations
(such as schools) interested in learning about the nature and history
of new media arts and on the organization of decentralized events directed
to diversified audiences (familiarized or not with the new media arts).
- To promote interactions with similar organizations and entities, Portuguese
and foreign, namely European, on the domains of production and organization
of events, theorical production and publishing of audio and video materials.
- To facilitate the production of works from both consecrated and emergent
artists dealing with different media, through the supply of a logistic
and instrumental platform.
- To establish deep connections between the experimental arts and the
social environment, supporting projects and performance events, namely
site-specific ones, that are able to generate new meanings, and help the
audiences to reflect on space, identity and memory.
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