Last week of Dar a Ouvir. The Sound of All Things

The “Dar a Ouvir” festival enters its final week, concluding a diverse program that began on July 18th and runs until September 1st.

During this period, the festival celebrated attentive listening to the world through a series of artistic activities involving artists from various parts of the world, including Brazil, Slovenia, Spain, Portugal and Sweden, all focused on artistic and academic research around sound.

On August 31st, at 7 pm, the concert “Arquivo Sonoro II” will highlight musicians João Hasselberg, Rui Maia and Pedro Melo Alves, who will explore the Sound Archive of the Historic Center of Coimbra to create an original show, the result of an artistic residency which uses the sounds of the city as a base.

Before that, at 6 pm, Gil Delindro will present the sound performance “VOIDNESS OF TOUCH” at Convento São Francisco, in partnership with Festival Cem Portas. In this performance, Delindro, who is recognized for his connection to avant-garde music and his participation in Berlin’s “echtzeitmusik” movement, will join forces with musician Teresa Castro to create visceral soundscapes using organic elements such as water and processed wood. through analogue electronics.

Delindro is known internationally, having presented his work in reference spaces such as Ausland and Berghain in Berlin, and festivals such as Novas Frequências in Brazil, where his performance was highlighted by Quietus magazine as one of the best at the event. The artist has collaborated with figures such as Gustavo Costa, Rafael Toral and David Toop, and has works published by publishers such as Tzadik in New York.

With the possibility of visiting until September 1st, at Convento São Francisco, the exhibition “A Natureza não reza”, also by Gil Delindro. This exhibition by Gil Delindro is the artist’s first major exhibition in Coimbra and presents a series of works that mix organic elements with sound captures of adverse landscapes, promoting a reflection on the relationship between humans and nature.

MS02 (Sound Furniture 02) will also be available to the public, offering a playful and educational interaction with the sounds of the

Always confirm with the concert hall or promoter the conditions of access, confirmation of the date or time, ticket place of sale, price, and availability.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and TikTok and see the exclusive content for social networks.. This interactive installation, in the form of a cabinet with drawers that reveal sounds when opened, allows visitors to artistically explore the city’s rich sound heritage.

In “Dar a Ouvir” and also, until the 1st of September, it is possible to visit the “Mil Pássaros” project, carried out by the Companhia de Música Teatral in collaboration with educators and children from 48 kindergarten classrooms in Coimbra. This project resulted in a visual and sound installation composed of a thousand origami birds, symbolizing peace and happiness, created by children and adults in a collective expression of desire for a better world.

The festival, co-organized by the Servicio Educativo do Jazz ao Centro and Convento São Francisco / Câmara Municipal de Coimbra, provided a wide range of activities that celebrate sound art and attentive listening, involving the community and enriching the city’s cultural scene.

Gil Delindro returns to Coimbra for the sound performance VOIDNESS OF TOUCH, which takes place on August 31st, at 6 pm, in partnership with the Cem Portas Festival, at Convento São Francisco. This presentation will feature musician Teresa Castro and will be the opportunity to learn about Delindro’s work as a performer linked to avant-garde music. An active member of the “”echtzeitmusik”” movement in Berlin, where he lived between 2012 and 2020, having presented work in renowned venues such as Ausland, Blind Signal and Berghain am kantine. Live presents a unique formula in which it processes organic elements from raw materials such as water and wood, which when amplified through analogue electronics give rise to visceral soundscapes. Between granular sounds, dub and heavy drones, the palette of influences is vast and ranges from the environment of Eliane Radigue and Pauline Oliveros to a more physical sound like Sun •)) and Mika Vainio. Quietus magazine (UK) considered his performance at the Novas Frequências festival in Brazil as one of the best in the entire program and in 2016, he was highlighted by the SHAPE platform as one of the most innovative sound artists working in Europe, being commissioned by music festivals. references such as MusikProtokoll (AU), Novas Frequências (BR), CynetArt (DE), Athens Digital Arts Fest (GR), ARS Electronica (AU), Submerge Festival (UK), Semibreve (PT) and Lisboa Soa (PT). He has collaborated with names such as Gustavo Costa, Jonathan Saldanha, Rafael Toral, David Toop, Yaw Tembe, Raz Mesinai and Rie Nakajima. His work has been published on disc by Tzadik (New York), Sonescola (Porto) and Ausland (Berlin), among others.”

The Sound Archive of the Historic Center of Coimbra (asCHC) is a project that was born in 2013, shortly after Jazz ao Centro Clube found a home in Salão Brazil. Directed by sound landscaper Luís Antero, asCHC is based on the principle that soundscapes are important for understanding how sound characterizes a space or place. Questions like “What sounds does our city embody? How many of them have already disappeared irretrievably? What can we learn about the specificity of a city’s communities (spatial communities, neighbourhoods, professional communities, etc.) through the sound dimension?” have been at the heart of the Archive’s work. As of 2016, asCHC became available to the public for artistic, educational and recreational exploration.
In this residency, musicians João Hasselberg, Rui Maia and Pedro Melo Alves explore the Sound Archive of the Historic Center of Coimbra to create a show based on the sounds of the city.

COMPLETE PROGRAMMING

• Until September 1st
  San Francisco Convent
  Exhibition
  “Nature does not pray”
  Gil Delindro
  Wednesday to Monday | 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm (last entry at 7:30 pm)
• Until September 1st
  San Francisco Convent
  Exhibition
  Thousand Birds
  Theatrical Music Company
  Wednesday to Monday | 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm (last entry at 7:30 pm)
• Until September 1st
  San Francisco Convent
  Exhibition
  MS02 (Sound Furniture 02)
  Cristiana Bastos, Pedro Martins and Tiago Martins
  Wednesday to Monday | 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm (last entry at 7:30 pm)
• August 31st, Saturday, at 6 pm
  D. Afonso Henriques Room (Old Church)
  VOIDNESS OF TOUCH sound performance by Gil Delindro
  The program shared with the CEM PORTAS Festival

CONVERGENT PROGRAMMING

• August 31st, Saturday, at 7 pm
  San Francisco Convent
  Concert
  Sound Archive II (João Hasselberg, Rui Maia and Pedro Melo Alves)
  in partnership with Festival Verão a 2 Tempos * Epicenter

About Dar a Ouvir

Dar a Ouvir is a project developed by the Jazz ao Centro Educational Service, in co-organization with Convento São Francisco / Municipality of Coimbra.

The project was born from an invitation from the JACC to the sound landscaper Luís Antero, in order to create the Sound Archive of the Historic Center of Coimbra (ASCHC), in 2013, shortly after Jazz ao Centro Clube had found a home in Brazil Hall.

ASCHC assumes that soundscapes are important for understanding how sound characterizes a space or place. Questions like “What sounds does our city incorporate? How many of them have already disappeared irretrievably? What can we learn about the specificity of a city’s communities (spatial communities, neighbourhoods, professional communities, etc.) through the sound dimension?” have been at the centre of the Sound Archive’s work.

In 2016, with the interactive device MS01 (Sound Furniture), ASCHC became available to the public for artistic, educational and recreational exploration. The result of a partnership between Jazz ao Centro Clube and the Computational Design and Visualization Lab. from the Cognitive and Media Systems Group, from the Center for Informatics and Systems at the University of Coimbra, MS01 was the basis for the appearance, in 2017, of Dar a Ouvir.

In the context of Dar a Ouvir, ASCHC has been fundamental in making the city of Coimbra known from the auditory culture, seeking to raise awareness of listening and sound as a possibility of discovery and knowledge, as a social and creative object, in a process in which the senses complement each other.

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