
Francisca Rocha Gonçalves. Interferences in the Tagus
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Date
- Sat,
- Closed on Tuesday
Location
Sound Room Centro de Arte Moderna GulbenkianPricing
- Free admission
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
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Francisca Rocha Gonçalves
Francisca R. Gonçalves is a multidisciplinary researcher and artist based in Berlin, specialising in acoustic ecology and environmental awareness. With a background in Veterinary Medicine, a master’s in interactive music and Sound Design and a PhD in Digital Media, her work focuses on noise pollution in underwater environments. She aims to raise awareness of this invisible issue through artistic practices, revealing the impact of anthropogenic noise on aquatic life, Co-founder of Openfield Creative Lab and ØSAW.
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Inês Valle
Inês Valle is a curator, writer, and creative producer driven by a commitment to international and interdisciplinary exchange. She has initiated and participated in numerous art projects that aim to deepen our understanding of the concept of the ‘other.’ As an independent curator, she has collaborated with several organisations including Centro Cultural Belém, Museum of Contemporary Art – Coleção Berardo, Canberra Contemporary Art, National Museum of Lagos and Artspace Aotearoa. She is currently a Creative Producer at CAM, where she manages the ‘Bauhaus of the Seas Sails’ project.
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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