Guarda Rios é um colectivo de investigação e criação artística, em torno do território e as suas diferentes dimensões estética, cultural, social, ambiental.

Kepler 452b is an artist and humanist community based in Berlin with members around the world. By creating dreamlike worlds that blur the line between the audience and the performer, individuals are being transported to planet Kepler—the super earth, through a personal and collective transformation! 

Founded by Ma Li(https://soundcloud.com/mary-ma) in Berlin in 2017, up till now, there has been 25 Kepler events in 9 cities from underground rave to museum performance. Kepler's sister project "Sweaty Bush", a secret party for womxn, is a bi-monthly event in hidden location in Berlin. 

Our second album is out! 
https://kepler-452b.bandcamp.com/album/ma-li
Kepler debut album is out! 
kepler-452b.bandcamp.com/releases

BOOKINGS: mali@kepler452b.org

SFMOMA is dedicated to making the art of our time a vital and meaningful part of public life. For that reason we assemble unparalleled collections, create exhilarating exhibitions, and develop engaging public programs. In all of these endeavors, we are guided by our enduring commitment to fostering creativity and embracing new ways of seeing the world.

Sonomama Sessions
(sonomama, jap. = 'as it is')

The Sonomama Sessions are open gatherings/happenings around various themes ranging from the arts, to ecological or spiritual understanding.
You could also say the Sonomama Sessions propose a certain approach to life.
The sessions happen at the Center for Contemporary Art in Glasgow.

João Castro Pinto is a Portuguese sound artist, composer and sound designer interested in the art of composing silence with sounds.
    
He has graduated in Philosophy at the New University of Lisbon (F.C.S.H.) and is currently finishing a Ph.D. in Computer Music @ U.C.P. / C.I.T.A.R. - Research Centre for Science and Technology of the Arts.

João Castro Pinto is a composer released and endorsed by MISO MUSIC PORTUGAL's - MIC.PT (Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre) & MISO RECORDS.

João Castro Pinto’s sound work ranges between: field recordings / soundscape composition, dense droning, noise, electroacoustic, acousmatic & experimental electronic genres. 

J. Castro Pinto attended masterclasses in electroacoustic music composition with Francis Dhomont, François Bayle, Barry Truax, John Chowning, Simmon Emmerson, Trevor Wishart, Morton Subotnick, Annette Vande Gorne, Adrian Moore, etc...

His music has been distinguished and awarded in prestigious acousmatic music competitions, such as Banc D’Essai at INA-GRM (Selected Artist, France, 2016), Destellos (2nd Prize, Argentina, 2024), Métamorphoses (Belgium, Finalist, 2024), MA / IN (Italy, Finalist, 2024), among others. Castro Pinto was also distinguished with several national awards, including the “Jovens Criadores 99” competition (music section) and the Ernesto de Sousa Fellowship 2001 (8th recipient of the fellowship). International distinctions include several artistic residencies.

João Castro Pinto has presented his works in over 60 festivals throughout Europe, the Americas, and Asia, including: INA-GRM Multiphonies / Banc D’Essai (France), L'Espace du Son Festival (Belgium), Ars Electronica Forum Wallis Festival (Switzerland), MANTIS - Electroacoustic Music Festival (England), Sound-Image Electroacoustic Music Festival (England), ICMC – International Computer Music Conference (USA), Experimental Intermedia Foundation (USA), REF – Resilience Festival (Italy), Matera Intermedia Festival (Italy), Poetronica (Russia), Epicentroom – International Audiovisual Festival (Russia), ISCM – International Society for Contemporary Music’s World Music Days Festival (Estonia), Soundkitchen (England), Radiophrenia Festival (Scotland), Eufonia Festival (Germany / Portugal), Visiones Sonoras (Mexico), Perspectivas Sonoras (Mexico), MUSLAB – International Exhibition of Electroacoustic Music (Argentina), Espacios Sonoros (Argentina), La Hora Acusmática (Argentina), Sur Aural Festival (Bolivia), Audio Art Festival (Poland), Wien Modern (Austria), Interpenetration Festival (Austria), PNEM Sound Art Festival (Holland), SICMF – Seoul International Computer Music Festival (South Korea), Dotolimpic – Festival for Improvised and Experimental Music (South Korea), Musiucacoustica Hangzhou (China), Música Viva (Portugal), Serralves em Festa (Portugal), Aveiro Síntese (Portugal), Dar a Ouvir (Portugal), Lisboa Soa (Portugal), among others.

He frequently collaborates and performs with renowned Portuguese and international artists from the sound art, experimental, and improvised music scenes, such as: Hanna Hartman (SE), Tom Hamilton (EUA), Karlheinz Essl (AT), Koji Asano (JP), Bernhard Loibner (AT), Michael Fischer (AT), Vienna Improvisers Orchestra (AT), Jorge Sánchez-Chiong (VE), Roel Meelkop (NL), Jos Smolders (NL), Pavel Zhagun (RU), Alexei Borisov (RU), Boris Hauf (AT), Clemens Hausch (AT), Philippe Lamy (FR), Gilles Aubry (CH), Thollem McDonas (EUA), Nathan Fuhr (EUA), Sei Miguel (PT), Variable Geometry Orchestra (PT), Carlos Zíngaro (PT – via [des]integração), Rafael Toral (PT – via VGO), Coti (GR), D’Incise (CH), John Grzinich (EE), Ernesto Rodrigues (PT), Manuel Mota (PT), ANISOTROPUS (PT), Anastasis Grivas (GR), Red Trio (PT), Blaise Siwula (EUA), Jeremy Bernstein (EUA), Kurt Ralske (EUA), among many others.

Castro Pinto’s music has been presented in various installations and released on over 20 recordings, by labels such as: Influx / Musiques & Recherches (Belgium), Unfathomless (Belgium), Meakusma (Belgium), Miso Records (PT), Hemisphäreの空虚 (Australia), Grimaces Éditions (Switzerland), OtO (Japan), Triple Bath (Greece), Sirr-ecords (PT), Creative Sources Recordings (PT), Grain Of Sound (PT), Crónica Electrónica (PT), Variz (PT) and Useless Poorductions (PT).

+ info - personal site - @ http://www.agnosia.me | MIC PROFILE - bit.ly/MIC-PT-PROFILE-ENGLISH _ contact - agnosiia@gmail.com
MIC.PT LARGE INTERVIEW : https://nx12092.your-storageshare.de/s/minapSsW4anzCyk

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