sound installations

Se Eu Fosse um Planeta

instrumentation . electronics and video

duration . 07'20''

date . 26 nov 2019

premiere . 26 jun 2019 _ João F. Ferreira (el.), David Doutel (vid.) _ Porto/Post/Doc @ Associação Infantário e Jardim de Infância Carolina Michaëlis and Teatro Municipal do Porto - Rivoli. Porto

Sound installation developed for children aged 4 to 5, which allows a variety of interactions with sound, based on their creations of visual arts on their imaginary planets. Software: Max/MSP. Devices: eBotics sensor kit.

The sound materials resulting from this installation were included in a film by David Doutel with students from the Carolina Michaëlis Kindergarten, as part of a workshop held in May 2019.

The activity arose from the need to break a paradigm of parental participation in the school's educational project and its annual activity plan, in a desire expressed by the parents themselves to have a clear memory of their childhood at that time. Taking advantage of a theme that was being explored in the classrooms - planets - the parents created an imaginary world that portrayed each child as a planet full of possibilities. In each place we were able to perceive the child's universe reflected in a utopia of wild animals that cohabit with playgrounds scattered throughout the city where there is clearly no shortage of background music and food picked directly from the trees. This is an object that is the result of the evident freedom of expression that characterizes the culture of children in this early childhood, where the desire clearly involves communicating with other universes and planets, in awareness of the need to be and to be with others. 

Porto/Post/Doc, program notes

Material Orchestra

instrumentation . sensor-based electronics

duration . variable

date . 16 feb 2018

premiere . 23 feb 2018 _ Workshop: Exploração, Organização e Criação Sonora @ Associação Infantário e Jardim de Infância Carolina Michaëlis. Porto

Sound installation developed for children aged 2 and above, enabling a variety of interactions with sound. Software: Max/MSP. Devices: PlayStation Eye and eBotics sensor kit.

HandPiano

instrumentation . sensor-based electronics

duration . variable

date . 09 may 2015

premiere . 10 may 2015 _ Festas de Vizela 2015 @ Parque das Termas de Vizela. Vizela

Sound installation that recreates a piano keyboard played with the feet. Software: Max/MSP. Devices: contact microphones.

YouTubos

instrumentation . sensor-based electronics

duration . variable

date . 26 jun 2011

premiere . 27 jun 2011 _ Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo @ Edifício 343. Porto

YouTubos allows anyone to interact with sound. The various structures that make up this sound installation are activated by marbles moving through a system of tubes, creating random responses. The movement of people in the room is also analyzed to generate a background sound layer. Software: Max/MSP. Devices: PlayStation Eye and eBotics sensor kit.