Soundscapes
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Date
- 16:30 / Cancelled 16:30 / Sold out Saturday, 16:30
Location
Studio Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian
‘Soundscapes’ proposes a conversation around the intersections between sound, noise, nature and ecological awareness through the lens of contemporary art.
From the delicate rhythms of marine life and the acoustic signals of plants and fishes, to the disruptive impact of underwater noise pollution, this conversation brings together two artists from different geographies – Francisca Rocha Gonçalves (Portugal) e Nandita Kumar (Aotearoa/ India) – who use sound as a central element in their artistic and ecological investigations.
As human activity continues to reshape the Earth’s natural soundscapes, this talk explores how contemporary art, technology, and listening practices can help us to reconnect with nature, foster ecological awareness, and inspire new forms of environmental literacy. Sound becomes both medium and message: a way of sensing the invisible, tracing environmental change, and deepening our relationship with the living world.
This event is part of the Oeiras Pilot programme, which focuses on the theme of Ocean Literacy within the three-year European Lighthouse project ‘Bauhaus of the Seas Sails’, funded by the European Union.
The event will take place in English, with simultaneous translation into Portuguese and interpretation into Portuguese Sign Language.
Speakers
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Francisca R. 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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Nandita Kumar
Nandita Kumar (Mauritiu, 1981) is a new media artist who creates at the intersection of art, sound, environmental science, technology and community. She explores the elemental process through which human beings construct meaning from their experiences, by creating sensory narratives through the usage of data, sound, video/animation and performance, smartphone apps, customized motherboards, solar/microwave sensors. Through interactive sound installations, she engages audiences in understanding complex issues. Nandita has been a DAAD fellow and shown in Listening Biennale, Mardin Biennale, among others. She is currently an artist resident with STARTS 2 WATER with TBA 21.
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Raquel Castro
Raquel Castro (Viseu,1976) is a soundscape researcher, director and curator. Her work is based on the relationship between sound, art, the environment and urbanism. Founder and director of the sound art festival Lisboa Soa and the international symposium Invisible Places, she has a PhD in Communication and Arts from FCSH-UNL and is a researcher at CICANT / Universidade Lusófona, where she participates in projects that focus on the aural experience in urban territories. Her activities have resulted in different documentaries, such as Soundwalkers (2008) and SOA (2020). In 2021, she was selected by the European music festival network Sounds Now to curate the exhibition Sound Art in Public Spaces.
Programme
16:30 / Welcome
16:35 / Talk
Moderation
17:10 / Q&A
17:30 / Closing
Duration: 60 min.
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Inês Valle
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'Mar da Palha – Tagus River Estuary', 2024 © Inês Valle
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