{"id":30914,"date":"2026-07-11T19:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.binauralmedia.org\/news\/arquivo\/30914"},"modified":"2026-10-02T11:39:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T11:39:40","slug":"ecos-mudos-2-em-campo-aberto-de-tomas-quintais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.binauralmedia.org\/news\/en\/arquivo\/30914","title":{"rendered":"Mute Echoes #2: In Open Field, by Tom\u00e1s Quintais"},"content":{"rendered":"

MUTE ECHOES #2: IN OPEN FIELD
\nBy Tom\u00e1s Quintais<\/p>\n

Ruins of the Great Sanatorium of Caramulo
\nSaturday, July 25th, 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Curated and produced by Binaural Nodar, with the support of the Guard\u00e3o Civil Parish Council and the Municipality of Tondela, in collaboration with the Caramulo Museum.<\/p>\n

The Caramulo Sanatorium Resort, once one of the most important medical and scientific complexes dedicated to the treatment of tuberculosis in Portugal, stands today as a testimony to a past marked by the deep silence that guided the rest therapies for the much-feared \u201cwhite plague\u201d.<\/p>\n

With this installation, silence seeks to resume its dialogue with the acoustics of the ruins. In \u201copen field\u201d, a notion borrowed from acoustics that designates an \u201coutdoor\u201d space, it promotes a sonic revelation through an unoccupied place, inviting listeners to listen from outside the Great Sanatorium. Through listening, the natural sounds of the sanatorium institution, which at the time facilitated the best cure for the tuberculosis patient, amplify the sounds of a vast structure of silence, between what the landscape lets sound and what is hidden from it.<\/p>\n

Biographical Note:<\/p>\n

Tom\u00e1s Quintais is a Portuguese sound artist and soundscape composer whose path has been guided by the creation of site-specific sound installations, often in dialogue with themes such as time, place, and ruin. His most significant works include Actants, Passaggio, and Cantus Discantus. He has presented his work in various exhibition contexts dedicated to Sound Art, including the Semibreve Festival, Just Listen: Paisagens Sonoras da Cidade, and the Lisboa Soa Festival. More recently, his artistic practice has moved toward sound installation for unoccupied places, through which he seeks to question institutional silences in their relationship with the landscape.<\/p>\n

Artistic and technical credits<\/p>\n

Author: Tom\u00e1s Quintais
\nCuration and production: Binaural Nodar
\nLocal support: Guard\u00e3o Civil Parish Council, Municipality of Tondela
\nCollaboration: Caramulo Museum
\nFunding: Portuguese Republic – Culture, Youth, and Sports | Directorate-General for the Arts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":30915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1197,1184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artist-residencies-en","category-news-2"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t