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Since the announcement of the end of Aldeias Sonoras’s (”Sound Villages”) first cycle, in December 2009, the Portuguese press has recognized the project as one of the most interesting to happen in Portugal throughout last year:

The daily newspaper “Público” dedicated a full page article to this educational project on December 12th, 2009.
Carlos Pinto Coelho, a [...]

 

 Aldeias Sonoras @ Agora Acontece Radio Show: Play Now | Download

 

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LOCUS IN QUO
Three audio/video installations by Manuela Barile
Cultural Forum of Cerveira (Vila Nova de Cerveira, PT)
18 December 09 – 16 January 10
Opening on 18 December at 9.00 p.m. (with a live performance by the author)

Locus in Quo – which means “the place where something happens” – is the general title the artist gave to a [...]

Some photos from Binaural’s presence at Anamnesis 09 Festival, where Luis Costa, Duncan Whitley and Manuela Barile presented artistic and educational projects developed in the Nodar region (see previous post with the projects’ description).

Sound piece created by Luis Costa (with the help of Rui Costa on a lloopp patch) using [...]

 

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On August 4th and 5th, 2009 Binaural directed a sound action (entitled “Silence! Let’s Listen to Carvalhais”) within the context of Andanças 09, a traditional dance festival held in Portugal. The output of this action was a 25 minute sound piece based on field recordings made the day before in the rural area of Carvalhais [...]

 

 Sound Action @ Andancas Festival 09: Play Now | Download

On August 4th and 5th, 2009 Binaural conducts a sound action within the context of Andanças  09 – 14th International Festival of Popular Dances. This action, entitled “Silence! Let’s Listen to Carvalhais”, consists on a soundscape listening, recording and editing workshop (to be carried in the Portuguese rural area of Carvalhais, S. Pedro do Sul). [...]

The first module of the “Aldeias Sonoras” (”Sound Villages”) project is set to happen between February and June 09 in rural areas of the S. Pedro do Sul area (Viseu, PT), in collaboration with students and teachers from the local secondary school and with the financial support of the  S. Pedro do Sul municipality.
“Aldeias Sonoras” [...]

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 [...]

Pali Meursault’s Universinternational label announces the realease of “Dérives” a compilation CD which includes a sound piece by Binaural’s Rui Costa. Pali Meursault was an artist-in-residency during June 08 at Binaural’s guest studio in Nodar.
Here is the info from the press release:
First, there was the desire of an ambitious record, then to work with these [...]

The American sound artist John Grzinich stayed at Nodar Artist Residency Center last April 2008 where he developed a sound project (“Nodar Flowlines”) based on the interaction with local water flows, either the downhill streams that arrive in the Paiva river and the water channels that bring the water to the village. His work methodology [...]

 

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The Latvian sound artist Maksims Shentelevs presented during Fronte[i]ras 07 a project that used recordings of mixed sounds made in specific acoustic environments of Nodar (water tanks, river banks, tree branches).
During the concert in Barcelos he created a composition using each of the three sound environments along with several percussion and string instruments (two [...]

 

 Maksims Shentelevs @ Fronte[i]ras 07: Play Now | Download