I was interviewed about my book Artificial Aesthetics (in Portuguese) by the University of Porto podcast.
Interview on Artificial Aesthetics
Octo _ _ _ _
Octo _ _ _ _ on Vimeo.
Sulco (Medida de Corte)
Sulco (Medida de Corte) from Miguel Carvalhais on Vimeo.
Sound installation: Mirrors, wood, loudspeakers, spotlights, computer, sound and electric cables, haze.
July-August 2019, Convento de São Francisco, Coimbra.
“Sulco (Medida de Corte)” is installed at a crossing, a closed space with three doors that is a passage to other rooms. It is inspired in the history of the convent and its multiple occupations — spiritual, industrial, and cultural — and creates an immersive space that emanates light as it absorbs the skin of the room. It tears the space and time of the room, in a plane that rips the floor and separates sound sources that oscillate between friction and synchrony, stability and temporality, chaos and harmony.
“Sulco (Medida de Corte)” was commissioned by Dar a Ouvir, Paisagens Sonoras da Cidade.
xCoAx 2020
The call for papers, artworks, and performances for xCoAx 2020 in Graz is now out. Submit before January 31st!
Proceedings of xCoAx 2019
The proceedings of xCoAx 2019, the seventh conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics, and X, are now available at 2019.xcoax.org. Edited by Mario Verdicchio, Miguel Carvalhais, Luísa Ribas & André Rangel. Designed by Catarina Neves. ISBN 978-989-746-220-7. 385 pages.
Reboot
Next Saturday, October 12, I’ll be speaking about computation, replication, and art at Reboot Festival in Lisbon.
octo _ _ _ _
Our new ambient installation, “octo _ _ _ _”, commissioned by the city of Esposende, zet gallery, dst group and Mosaic, is now permanently installed at Av. Engenheiro Eduardo Arantes e Oliveira in Esposende, Portugal.
Lisboa Soa
Sulco (Medida de Corte)
Our new sound installation, “Sulco (Medida de Corte)”, commissioned by Dar a Ouvir, will be showing at Convento de São Francisco in Coimbra until September 1st, 2019.
Northern Star
A previously unreleased 1999 recording from Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzp! is included in the new LP Northern Star, A Compendium Of Experimental Music Made In Portugal released by Wasser Bassin.