It was 2006 when Binaural Nodar began its contemporary programming and creative activities in the Viseu Dão Lafões region. During the first few years, there was a focus on community relations with the village of Nodar and neighbouring villages such as Sequeiros, Macieira, Covas do Monte, Covas do Rio, Parada de Ester, etc, all located in the territory of the middle Paiva river valley, corresponding to the slopes of the São Macário mountain range (to the south) and the Montemuro mountain range (to the north).
As the first cycles of site-specific artist residencies in sound, media and performance arts took place, the first local partnerships were established. Of particular note was the “Sound Villages” educational project carried out in 2008 and 2009 in partnership with the Municipality of São Pedro do Sul and the São Pedro do Sul School Group.
In 2010 and 2011, Binaural organised Paivascapes #1 – River Paiva Sound Festival, an itinerant festival conceived as a series of educational activities, artist residencies and cultural programming developed along the Paiva river, which included new regional partnerships, such as the Vila Nova de Paiva municipality.
From 2013 onwards, Binaural Nodar began two complementary lines of intervention in terms of deepening local cooperation relations:
a) The development of articulated programming projects with municipalities in the region, specifically Vouzela, São Pedro do Sul, Oliveira de Frades, Viseu and Castro Daire, under which initiatives as varied as the Tramontana Festival in the municipality of São Pedro do Sul (2013), the Ocupai Festival – Iberian Festival of Art and Action in the municipalities of São Pedro do Sul, Vouzela and Oliveira de Frades (2015-2019) and two audiovisual ethnography and contemporary cultural programming in rural villages were conceived: the Viseu Rural 2.0 project in the municipality of Viseu (2015 to date) and the Memory on Wheels project in the municipality of Castro Daire since 2017.
b) Binaural Nodar’s participation in the Viseu Dão Lafões Cultural Network, an initiative of the region’s main professional cultural structures: Binaural Nodar, Teatro Viriato, ACERT, Teatro Montemuro and Cine Clube de Viseu, for the conception and/or circulation of multidisciplinary shows on themes and in spaces with heritage significance. Over the years, Binaural Nodar has conceived and presented shows for this network such as “Macário”, “Beira Campanologies”, “Thermal Sound Immersion”, “Perennial Bridges over Temporary Waters”, “Combi Nights”, etc.
2014
Macieira | São Pedro do Sul
The rise of Macario
A Viseu Campanology
“The City of Mathew” by Luis Costa
“The City of Matthew” draws from various sources and influences that contribute to a narrative that acts on the emotional activation of the work, which tries to escape a purely sonic event.
2016
A Vouzela Campanology
Luís Costa
The bells of churches and chapels are one of the most ubiquitous and yet most forgotten elements of the local religious heritage. “Campanologia Vouzelense” is a public sound performance created by the coordinator of Binaural Nodar.
2017
A Beirãs Campanology | Mangualde
Luís Costa and Rui Costa
A Beirãs campanology is part of the integrated Cultural Programming Network project of the Intermunicipal Community of the Dão Lafões Region, co-financed by the Centro2020 Community Support Framework, with partners including Binaural Nodar, Teatro Viriato, Teatro Regional da Serra do Montemuro, ACERT Tondela, and Cine Clube de Viseu.
A Beirãs Campanology | Tondela
Luís Costa and Rui Costa
These were intense days with the wonderful people of Tondela, particularly Father João Carlos Pinto Gomes from the Parish of Tondela, with the support of Dr. Lurdes Ribeiro and her team from the Municipality of Tondela and, of course, the young participants.
A Beirãs Campanology | Sátão
Luís Costa and Rui Costa
Presentation of the show by Binaural Nodar, “Campanologias Beirãs”, which took place in Largo de São Bernardo, in front of the Matriz do Sátão Church, Parish of Sátão, as part of the Festas da Vila do Município de Sátão (Sátão Town Festival).
2019
Show in Vouzela
Permanent Bridges Over Temporary Waters
Multidisciplinary show offering a multisensory and anthropological exploration of bridges in the Viseu Dão Lafões Intermunicipal Community, using the surrounding context, the architectural features of the bridges, and local stories to create unique and unforgettable experiences.
Caldas da Felgueira Thermal Baths
Thermal Sonic Immersion
Carvalhal Thermal Baths
Thermal Sonic Immersion
The spas of the territory are spaces in profound transformation in which recent improvements in the thermal premises and surroundings have created a set of opportunities for sensorial amplification of the visitors experience. Why not associate well-being and artistic creation?
S. Pedro do Sul Thermal Baths
Thermal Sonic Immersion
2022
Combi Nights
Marina Oural and Ugía Pedreira
Marina Oural Villapol and Ugia Pedreira, who form Oficina Galega de Outros Asuntos do Movimento, return to Portugal, this time for two shows entitled Poetry from the Interior.
Combi Nights
Sax on the Road and Maile Colbert
Binaural Nodar integrates two projects in the Combi Nights, both with the purpose of promoting relational aspects of the territory of Viseu Dão Lafões with other territories, through a creative dialogue between local and external creators who worked on themes that stimulate an understanding of rural cultural bonds, of mobility stories (eg from the countryside to the city), etc.
2024
A performance/installation by Binaural Nodar
Liquid Memories
Binaural Nodar honoured the history of Caldas da Felgueira by combining poetic and choreographic elements, visual and sound installations, as well as excerpts from sound and audiovisual collections made with the Caldas da Felgueira community since 2019.