Art Project
Que Som? Que Música? Só o Mundo!
A performance created by listening to the territory, which culminates in a work that is inseparable from the place that gave rise to it.
Synopsis
What Sound? What Music? Just the World! It is an artistic project built on listening to a place.
Each residency begins with a meandering exploration of the place: walking, listening, recording, writing, and meeting those who live there. Sounds, atmospheres, voices, gestures, and memories become the raw material for a sound and poetic composition that culminates in a performance created specifically for that context.
The methodology remains the same. The work changes.
Each creation is born from the territory that hosts it and returns to it transformed into sound, words, and performance.
Text
There are sounds that accompany us every day without us ever truly hearing them. The wind through the trees, traffic, water, a conversation, an empty factory. We live within a constant composition that we rarely recognize as music.
What Sound? What Song? Just the World! It stems from the desire to give time back to listening.
I do not seek to represent a place or construct a portrait of it. What interests me is what is revealed when we stay long enough to listen.
The project begins without a finished work. There is a method, but it is the territory, the people, and the encounters that determine what emerges from it. Poetry accompanies this journey; the recordings become memory and composition.
The method remains the same. The work changes.
In the end, the work becomes a way of returning to the territory.
Creative Process
LISTEN
To walk without anticipating what you might encounter.
COLLECT
Record sounds, voices, ambient noise, gestures, and events.
WRITE
Let the experience of the place find its way into the words.
ENVOLVE
Open up the creative process to the community through writing, speaking, and listening, when the context allows.
COMPOSE
Transform the recordings and texts into audio and performance pieces.
RETURN
To present the work that originated from him in the region.
Results / Impact
Each residence results in a unique performance and a potential archive of sounds, texts, voices, and memories of that place and that time.
Credits
Format: artist residency + performance
Languages: poetry, sound art, and performance
Duration: context-sensitive
Community participation: optional
Space: conventional or unconventional
The setup for each residence is determined in consultation with the host organization.
Contact for scheduling
What Sound? What Song? Just the World! It is available for artist residencies, cultural programming, community-based projects, and creative processes involving communities.
Each proposal is developed in consultation with the host organization, taking into account the local area, the time available, opportunities for local participation, and the context of the presentation.
For hosting, organizing, or developing a residency: