TELLURIAN
Carincur, João Pedro Fonseca
Continuous project developed in collaboration with various local communities where the voice as song takes a mediating position between human transcendence and animal spirit, opening bridges for universal connection. With the aim of amplifying collective power, this proposal will focus on the choir and performance, assigning a scenic movement to the performers. Utilizing technological and processing tools, the captured voices will transform into a spectral amplitude shaped by a reality constructed in the moment.
Tellurian, which comes from the earth; relating to the earth. = TELÚRICO is a term used by Reza Negarestani to describe the effects that fictitious agents, beyond human knowledge, have on "anonymous materials"—the organic matter of the planet that has not been identified by humans.
This project aims to raise an idea and a topographic map extensible to the most organic and imaginable archetypes of spaces. Through sound capture and manipulation, the initial exercise and research will consist of organic electronic music: inhabiting the space as a studio where organic elements operate as performative bodies—in this case, a choir—in symbiosis with the digital, creating depth in the imaginary and taking the space to another state of conception. This choice reflects a traditional, natural crystallization with strong roots linked to human and natural heritages. The power of the human being to maintain certain traditions and practices, using as a primary tool the first thing they knew—the body and the voice—becomes an interesting starting point for confronting more digital currents and creating a dialogue with the immateriality of digitalism and the new vanguards of communication. Thus, an imaginary is evoked where the dialogue between traditional currents more connected to organic matter and contemporary currents linked to the digital enters into conversation, creating an alternative reality.
digital nature; post-nature; xeno-voice; post-human voices; cybernetic spiritualism
contact microphones; hydrophones; daslight
residency with the community; performance
Artistic Direction: Carincur, João Pedro Fonseca
Sound Manipulation: Carincur
Light Manipulation: João Pedro Fonseca
Choir I: Coro do Carmo de Beja
Choir II: Coro da Aldeia das Fontes
Artistic Residency I: Centro Unesco, Festival MUPA, Beja
Artistic Residency II: Festival Nascentes, Aldeia das Fontes, Leiria