Sonic Place

Space, as a defining element of art, manifests the importance of context in an artistic proposal.

Here, space is presented as an intrinsic attribute of a specific place, imbricated with it's social and cultural roots and history.

Art presents a constant and timeless relationship with it's place. It is this relationship that Heidegger attributes as responsible for the creation of space.

The art object is not independent from it's place, on the contrary, it aspires to potentialise the interrelation of object, community and memory. Thus, it transforms the place into an ephemeral entity that is only revealed by the human action.

The definition of place is the central theme discussed by this artistic piece for the Bienal de Cerveira

The challenge and objective is the construction and interpretation of the sonic identity of the place of Vila Nova de Cerveira.

This artistic work is presented in the form of an Android Application. The app allows the user to listen and experience new (or re-interpreted) sonic contexts that were assembled from recordings, interviews and real-time audio capture of Vila Nova de Cerveira.

App how-to:

Download the application.

Press the available buttons and listen to the 11 soundscapes compositions inspired by the Vila Nova de Cerveira experiences .

In Vila Nova de Cerveira

Connect the mobile data and GPS of your device.

Explore Vila Nova de Cerveira and listen the new augmented sound in context.

Click in the markers to change the sound state between the following options: active, solol and mute.

For full use of the application use your headphones.