INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: ARTECH 2023
COLLECTIVE ALGARVE – ART LAB PRESENTS “MAGNIFICATIO ALGARVENSIS” AT ARTECH 2023
Magnificatio Algarvensis, a performance conceived by ‘Coletivo Algarve – Art Lab’, composed of CIAC researchers and artists Pedro Alves da Veiga, Rui Travasso, and Vasco Ramalho, will be exhibited at ARTECH 2023 – 11th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts.
Magnificatio Algarvensis is inspired by the Geopark Algarvensis, through its many facets. It consists of a transdisciplinary performance in which instrumental music and generative visuals communicate through the mediation of digital technologies, enhancing the traditional acoustic capabilities of a marimba and a clarinet. Thus, the convergence of these vectors – musical performance, digital augmentation, and responsive generative visuals – is used to take the audience on a magnificent sensorial journey.
The Geopark Algarvensis – Loulé-Silves-Albufeira – showcases the geological diversity and unique landscapes of the area shared by the three municipalities. The territory has a geological history that tells the birth of mountain ranges and ancient seas, shaped by natural processes over millions of years. Its features include rock formations, fossil sites, caves, cliffs, cultural heritage, and biodiversity that not only are of great scientific, cultural, and educational value but also provide a multitude of sensory stimuli.
About the artists:
Pedro Alves da Veiga is an artist and researcher with a PhD in Digital Media-Art granted by the University of Algarve and the Portuguese Open University, where he is also a Professor and Sub-director of the PhD programme in Digital Media-Art. In his previous entrepreneurial career of over two decades, he developed award-winning web design and multimedia projects. He is regularly involved in projects at the intersection of art, science, and technology. His art practice includes assemblage, generative creative programming, and digital audio-visuals. He has exhibited his artworks in Portugal, Brazil, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, China, Thailand, and the USA.
Rui Travasso was born in Évora, Portugal. He holds a degree in Clarinet, a postgraduation in classical performance from the Zuid-Nederlandse Hogeschool voor Muziek, Netherlands, a master´s in music education (Clarinet), and a PhD in new media art from the Portuguese Open University and the University of Algarve. He has played with several orchestras and recorded solo albums, as well as with different formations. Rui has taken part in various new media art exhibitions with his artefacts, namely, In.S.Pitch, MAD Clarinet and Post-Modern Auschwitz. He has been the section leader of Orquestra do Algarve since 2013. Rui is also a Yamaha artist and D´Addario Reserve Player.
Vasco Ramalho is a musician and teacher, and was born in Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal. He graduated in percussion at Évora University and completed a postgraduate course in solo marimba at the Royal Conservatory Antwerp, Belgium. He is a professor of percussion at the Music Conservatory of Loulé, in Algarve. He is a PhD candidate in Digital Media Art at the University of Algarve and the Portuguese Open University. He has been the artistic director of percussion festivals in Portimão, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Alcácer do Sal and Évora, as well as the Arte(S)em Palco festival in Reguengos de Monsaraz. Since 2012, he has been an Adams artist, one of the most renowned brands of musical instruments.
Collective Algarve – Art Lab is formed by Vasco Ramalho, Rui Travasso, Pedro Veiga, Rui D’Orey and Luís Marques and, before being presented in Faro, will be exhibited at Festival Som Riscado, in Loulé, on the 23rd. On the 29th, at 18h00, Magnificatio Algarvensis will be presented at ARTECH 2023.
ARTECH 2023 takes place at the University of the Algarve on 28, 29 and 30 November 2023, with the theme“Digital Creation Processes”.
The program of the conference is available (here).
