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Concert to machinery and liquid states
Canal Zero
Convento da Saudação
3rd June | 23h30 | 50 min
A fusion of electronic and acoustic music combining live performance and real-time analogue images. The
music takes us on a journey through sound landscapes where the enchanted meets the real. Image is used as a
visual and sound instrument. Various materials (machinery, scrap, paint, etc.) are transformed on glass, taking
different shapes and colours. The three performers weave a continuous, discontinuous relationship, with the
image as a sculptural element of sound, and sound a component of image. JOÃO BENTO, RODOLFO
PIMENTA and DAVID LEITÃO are responsible for Canal Zero, seeking to experiment with sound and image. It
was first performed in 2004 .
CREDITS
Co-creation, Original Soundtrack, Art Direction, Musical Direction João Bento, Rodolfo Pimenta, David Leitão
| Performers João Bento - Composition and sound interpretation, visual composition, board of strings,
keyboard, analogical modeling, sampler, sound captures and Theremin; Rodolfo Pimenta - Real-time image
composition and sound composition, machinery, inks and old scrap; David Leitão - Composition and sound
interpretation, electric guitar, bass, keyboard and programming | Light Design Pedro Fonseca | Graphic
Design Joana Torgal | Photography Tiago Fróis, Vasco Costa, Nuno Gonçalves, Canal Zero | Executive
Production João Bento | Production Canal Zero
BIO
Live act performs have been presented from own experimental films and other Portuguese directors in and
outside the country, including: Ó da Guarda - New Music Festival, Municipal Theatre of Guarda; Centa (Center
for Studies on New Artistic Trends), Tojeira, Vila Velha de Rodão; Imago Youth Film International Festival,
Fundão; Casablanca Cinema, Barcelona; Sttutgard Winter Film, Stuttgart; Bomba Suicida Studio, Lisbon;
Passos Manuel Cinema, Oporto, Maria Matos Theater, Lisbon; First Festival, Caldas da Rainha; Super Stereo
Demonstration, Linhares da Beira; Curvo Semedo Theater, Montemor-o-Novo; Culturgest, Lisbon; Serralves
em Festa, Oporto; Espaço do Tempo, Montemor-o-Novo; Planshister Festival, Moagem - Cidade do Engenho e
das Artes, Fundão. Winners of the contest Serralves em Festa 2009, Oporto and participation on television
program Km0 in RTP2. Since 2010, associated artists in permanent creative research at Espaço do Tempo Trandisciplinar Arts Center, Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal.