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Binaural U.S. Tour 2009
Lectures | Workshops | Concerts
January, 21st – February, 17th 2009

Between January, 21st and February, 17th 2009, Binaural founder and sound artist Rui Costa and the sound/video artist Maile Colbert will conduct a series of lectures, workshops and concerts hosted by US universities and cultural organizations. Through this tour, Binaural seeks to share [...]

Binaural in partnership with Teatro Viriato presents:
Sound Objects Workshop
Directed by Antonio Mainenti (Italy)

Dates: January, 15th, 16th and 17th 2009
Venue:  Teatro Viriato
Largo Mouzinho de Albuquerque,  Viseu (PT)
Cost per person: 30 euros
Max. number of attendees: 20
Min. number of attendees: 7
To register: on Teatro Viriato’s ticket office until January, 13th (between 1.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m.)
Information:  Tel. +351 [...]

A special radio show about Nodar Artist Residency Center and its artists:
Radio FRO, Linz (Austria)
Author: Wolfgang Dorninger

During his presence in Nodar, the Austrian sound artist Wolgang Dorninger made a 2 hour show to Radio FRO, Linz where he interviewed some of the resident artists and Luís Costa from Binaural. The interviews where intercalated with [...]

 

 Nodar @ Radio FRO, Linz #1: Play Now | Download

 

 Nodar @ Radio FRO, Linz #2: Play Now | Download

Last November, 21st 2008, the Italian composer and Binaural member Antonio Mainenti presented himself to Portuguese audiences during a concert at Lugar do Capitão (Viseu). His powerful mix of looped monodic chantings, field recordings, Sicilian jaws harp and plenty of other self-built instruments and sound objects really impressed the crowd who attended this special event.
Here [...]

 

 Antonio Mainenti: Matri chi aviti i figghi a la batia: Play Now | Download

 

 Antonio Mainenti: Lu libbru di l'infami: Play Now | Download

 

 Antonio Mainenti: Sta bedda libbirta: Play Now | Download

Human Field Recordings
A performance by Manuela Barile
Das Kleine Field Recordings Festival, Berlin
November, 12th 2008
“Some people go out with very expensive equipment… and they sit for hours to record… and they put it on another equipment… and then it goes into the computer… and then it goes on a CD… and then it goes into [...]

 

 Manuela Barile @ DKFRF, Berlin: Play Now | Download

Nodar Artist Residency Center and Teatro Viriato present:
Audio Installation
Works by Maksims Shentelevs, Aaron Ximm, Pali Meursault and John Grzinich
From 01 November to 14 December 08
1.00 p.m. – 7.00  p.m. and evenings in case of shows
Viriato Theatre’s Foyer
Viriato Teatro Municipal
Largo Mouzinho de Albuquerque
3511 901 Viseu
Portugal

This installation includes four works by sound artists Maksims Shentelevs (Latvia), Aaron [...]

Nodar Artist Residency Center (S. Pedro do Sul, PT) present:
Noid (Austria) + guests *
Wolfgang Dorninger (Austria)
Andrea Brandão (Portugal)
Duncan Whitley (Great Britain)
*Manuela Barile, Rui Costa, Antonio Mainenti, Manuel Paiva and José do Raso

Fri. 17 Out | 7.00 p.m.
Audiovisual conference at the Piaget Institute (Viseu)
Nodar’s resident artists present their artistic background
Sat. 18 Out | 4.00 p.m.
Audio Installation [...]

“Transit”
A multi-media project by Paul Bradley and Maile Colbert
Friday, October 10th, 2008 – 10.00pm
“O Século” Cultural Center (Lisbon)
MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCE
TRANSIT
the room is dark
the eyes strain to focus
a lack of sight is said to sharpen hearing, invoking a more conscious listening
the sound, somewhere between music and memory
provoking the state right before sleep
when the mind wanders through [...]

Maile Colbert and Rui Costaландшафт from Binaural will direct on September, 27th 2008 a field recordings workshop (”Tuning your ears and composing the world“) during ANAMNESIS 08, a meeting dedicated to cinema, sound and oral tradition to be held in a rural area near Vimioso, on the northeastern part of Portugal.
This workshop is part of [...]

Sound Walk @ Musica Viva 2008
Dates: from 20 to 27 Setember 08 (throughout the day)
Typology: Electroacoustic walk (pedestrian walk)
Location: Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon, Portugal)
Free admission
A sound piece composed by the Binaural artists Maile Colbert and Rui Costa, entitled “Day of Anger - Act 3″, was chosen to be part of an electroacoustic walk organized [...]

 

 Maile Colbert & Rui Costa: Day of Anger Act 3: Play Now | Download