A BIRD UNMOUNTS ITS CAGE
Created by Luís Costa and Sanae Mazouz
Developed in Várzea de Calde (Viseu)
Two artists from different generations and backgrounds discover that, for different reasons, they relate to young people struggling with feelings of isolation and despair. The project by Luís Costa and Sanae Mazouz intertwines drawing, visual collage, video, voice, and sound art, in pursuit of a multimodal reflection through honest experiences drawn from the dense inner world of some real young people. Equally inspired by the difficulties of migration and integration, the work emphasizes the experiences of young people navigating their emotions, cultures, and identities, while seeking understanding and empathy, proposing the hypothesis that some hope for regeneration can emerge from unfiltered cries and expressions.
Luís Costa is a PhD researcher in artistic creation at the University of Aveiro and the School of Arts and Design (Caldas da Rainha). Since 2004, he has worked as a curator and programmer of contemporary artistic practices and as a sound and media artist. He is the founder and coordinator of Binaural Nodar since 2006. He is the author/editor of twelve books dedicated to sound/media artistic research and rural ethnography. Since 2007, he has been intensely involved in sound and audiovisual creation in rural contexts, through which he reflects on the specificities and landscape, social, and cultural changes of places.
Sanae Mazouz (born in 1999, in El Brouj, Morocco) is a multidisciplinary artist who works mainly in painting, photography, and video performance. Born in the Chaouia region of Morocco, where she lived until the age of nine, Sanae migrated to Italy to reunite with her father. With a high school degree in Industrial Chemistry, she is currently in her final year of a Fine Arts degree, specializing in Painting, at the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti di Genova, and regularly collaborates with the artistic organization Studio Florìda, located in the heart of Genoa’s old town.
A Binaural Nodar production integrated into the Tramontana Network project, co-financed by the Creative Europe Program.
Co-financed by the Municipality of Viseu.
Support from Studio Florìda (Genoa, Italy).
Binaural Nodar is an organization funded by the Portuguese Republic – Culture, Youth and Sports | Directorate-General for the Arts.