Francisca Rocha Gonçalves. Interferences in the Tagus

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Francisca Rocha Gonçalves presents an immersive sound installation in CAM's new Sound Room, inspired by the underwater acoustic environment.

Francisca Rocha Gonçalves (b. Porto, 1978) is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher living in Berlin, with a background in biological sciences and digital media. Combining technology, ecology and artistic expression, the artist explores underwater soundscapes.

In ‘Interferences in the Tagus’ the artist develops an immersive sound installation in which the public is invited to experience the acoustic and vibrational characteristics of the underwater environment of the Tagus River, where the sounds of aquatic species mix with human-made noises.

Developed as part of the ‘A Call to the Sea’ residency at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium, ‘Buffer Zones’ is part of the European ‘Bauhaus of the Seas Sails‘ project, and aims to raise awareness of the need to protect local species, such as the Lusitanian toadfish and the corvina, and the need to extend sound protection zones.

This performance uses strobe lighting and strong noises. 


Biographies


Credits

Artist

Francisca Rocha Gonçalves  

Artistic team

Joahnnes Goessling
Kira Gama Rocha
Pedro Frade 

Curatorship

Inês Valle

Speaker for the living

Paula Corte-Real

Zoöp Collaboration

Tagus River and species 

Scientific Advisors & Contributors (Special collaboration): 

Maria Clara P. Amorim – Fish Bioacoustics Lab
Manuel Vieira and Paulo J. Fonseca – Fish Bioacoustics Lab
Miguel Lourie 

Video

Francisca Siza  

Production

Matilde Neves 

Technical and lighting direction

João Cachulo
João Hora
Pedro Costa

Sound immersion spatialisation and composition support

Christian Dimpker  

Other partnerships  

MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre 
ARNET – Aquatic Research Network 
CE3C – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes  
CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute at Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. 

Financial Support 

European Union 

Acknowledgements  

Alexandra Vasconcelos, André Martins, Elisabete Brigadeiro, Francisca Siza, Tenente Francisco Calado, Johannes Goessling, Kira Gama Rocha, Marco Frade, Capitão de Fragata Maria Martins, Miguel Lourie, Capitão de Mar e Guerr Nuno Galhardo Leitão, Patrícia Chaves, Pedro Frade, Rafael Calado, Rui Macedo, Valentina Demarchi, Danceplanet, Elektranz, Soonora, Monopol (José e Salvador Burrel). 

Main image

Courtesy of Fish Bioacoustics Lab

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