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MUTE ECHOES #2: IN OPEN FIELD
By Tomás Quintais
Ruins of the Great Sanatorium of Caramulo

On July 25th, the ruins of the Great Sanatorium of Caramulo hosted the opening of MUTE ECHOES #2: IN OPEN FIELD, a sound installation by Tomás Quintais, curated and produced by Binaural Nodar, supported by the Guardão Civil Parish Council and the Municipality of Tondela, in collaboration with the Caramulo Museum.

Starting from the memory of the former Caramulo Sanatorium Resort – one of the most important medical and scientific complexes dedicated to the treatment of tuberculosis in Portugal – the installation proposed a listening experience from outside the ruins of the Great Sanatorium. In “open field”, a notion borrowed from acoustics that designates an “outdoor” 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.

Binaural Nodar is a cultural organization supported by the Portuguese Republic – Culture, Youth, and Sports | Directorate-General for the Arts.

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