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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 [...]

“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

On June, 9th 2008, during an artist residency at Nodar, two of the resident artists (french sound artists Pali Meursault and Cédric Anglaret) joined Binaural’s Rui Costa, Manuela Barile and Maile Colbert in a spontaneous collective improvisation of field recodings, electronic manipulations, sound objects and voice. This one-off collective was later known as “Portal do [...]

 

 Portal do Inferno Ensemble @ Nodar: Play Now | Download

Binaural announces a retrospective exhibition of 8 video works created under the Nodar Artist Residency Program. The exhibition, co-organized with Cine Clube de Viseu, happens between July, 11th and August, 31st at the Grão Vasco Museum, located in Viseu (40 km away from Nodar).

The videos will be presented in two modules, that reflect two possible [...]

“La Scatola”, an intermedia project by Manuela Barile and Rui Costa, live at Guarda Municipal Theatre (PT) in two complementary presentations:
Thu 5 June 08 – 9.30 p.m.
Guarda Municipal Theatre (PT)
Ó DA GUARDA – NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL

An intermedia performance by:
Manuela Barile (voice, performance and objects) and Rui Costa (electronics and sensors)
Admission: 5€ [festival admission: [...]

“Transit”
A multi-media project by Paul Bradley and Maile Colbert
Sat 14 June 08 – 8.00 p.m.
Centro del Carmen (Valencia, Spain)
OBSERVATORI 08 – International Festival of Artistic Investigation
Live performance

FOUR CHANNEL VIDEO PROJECTION
EIGHT CHANNEL SURROUND SOUND
20 MINUTES LIVE PERFORMANCE AND 45 MINUTES VIDEO PROJECTION
TRANSIT
the room is dark
the eyes strain to focus
a lack of sight is said to [...]

The American sound and video artist Maile Colbert joins Binaural to coordinate the graphic design and media post-production areas. Maile decided to move to Portugal following her presence in Nodar last October 2007 (where she developed an art project at NOGS) and she will definitely help Binaural to deliver state-of-the-art media contents related with its [...]

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