Binaural / Nodar announces: Open call for subscriptions: Nodar Summer School 2012: Documenting and reinventing the memory of a territory A theoretical and practical residency training program 16 – 22 July 2012 / 7 days / 60 hours Locations: Rural villages of Gralheira Mountain Range, São Pedro do Sul 1. Orientation Luis Costa (filmmaker / [...]

Sound Villages2012 Intergenerational Sound Dialogues Canelas Primary School, Arouca (PT) 1 -11 February, 2012 The educational project Sound Villages consists in the recording, editing and mapping of the acoustic heritage of rural villages in parallel with its geographical, historical and socio-cultural survey, promoting a sense of identity, diversity and pride in living in rural areas. In 2012 this project will be devoted to intergenerational dialogue within the European Year of Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity. The cycle of Sound Villages for 2012 entitled [...]

The Chestnut and Honey Feast takes place in Macieira, civil parish of Sul (municipality of S. Pedro do Sul, Portugal), on 12th and 13th November 2011 (Saturday and Sunday). The initiative, having the primary objective of promoting the local autumn products, especially chestnuts and honey, will also be a presentation of the rich natural and [...]

Audio in all its forms – music, sound effects, dialog – holds tremendous potential to engage, convey narrative, inform, dramatize and enthrall. However, in computer-based environments, for example games, nowadays the interaction abilities through and with sound are still underrepresented. The Audio Mostly Conference provide a venue to explore the unexploited potential of audio in [...]

Since 2006 Binaural / Nodar has made an extensive collection of sound and videographic documents of the oral, musical and sound heritage from the mountainous areas of Gralheira, Arada and Montemuro and from the valley of the Paiva River (Portugal). This collection project, entitled “Memory Archive of Beira-Douro Mountains”, will be integrated in an upcoming [...]

Field Recordings Workshop
Organized by Binaural / Nodar,
Direction: Luis Costa
Retiro da Fraguinha (Candal, São Pedro do Sul)
10 -12 June, 2011

In our hyper-visual modern world, where we are constantly bombarded with visual information – television, advertising, etc. – we often forget how to listen. The workshop participants will be guided to “re-tune” their ears to direct their attention to the extremely rich sonic world around them, to listen actively and imaginatively, not just listening passively. Participants will then use their ears and technological tools to create a sound composition using as instrument the sounds surrounding Retiro da Fraguinha (São Pedro do Sul, Portugal).

[nodar002] Sonata for clarinet & nodar Jez riley French (field recording / composition) Joana Silva (clarinet) Luis Costa (field recording) An intuitive composition created by Jez riley French with Luis Costa (coordinator of the Nodar Artist Residency Centre) & the Nodar landscape itself & the young clarinetist Joana Silva. Joana literally deconstructs the piece ‘Solo [...]

Eight Cycle of Artist Residencies of Paivascapes #1 Moimenta da Beira and Vila Nova de Paiva Municipalities 2 to 15 November 2010 Patrick McGinley (US/EE), Marjia-Liisa Plats (EE), Luis Costa (PT) & Tiago Carvalho (PT) The Nodar Artist Residency Program for 2010 has a single unifying theme: the river Paiva. Throughout the year, from winter [...]

“Echoes of Arada” Soundscapes by Binaural / Nodar Arouca Crops Fair 23 – 26 de September 2010 Withing the context of the collaboration for Paivascapes # 1, the municipality of Arouca (PT) commissioned Binaural / Nodar a sound piece based on the sound recordings made in the Gralheira Mountains and along the Paiva River, to [...]

Artist Residency and Sound Installation integrated in the cycle: Binaural: The Archaic Sound Rui Costa – “Sightseeing for the Blind in Aveiro” Estúdio Performas, Aveiro (PT) Installation dates: 18 – 28 August, 2010 (Wednesday to Saturday) Sightseeing for the Blind “is a project based on a sound walk through a city. The experience that a [...]