TerraMar 2024
SummerSchool [PT]

Monday, August 5 
10:00 AM—1:00 PM
Everyday Sounds
Guy Fleisher
This workshop covers composing with environmental sounds, Deep Listening practices, environmental awareness, and music production. Suitable for all levels, it involves hands-on listening, learning principles of Environmental Composition and Sound Object identification, and collecting sounds for analysis.

3:00 PM—6:00 PM
Speculative Fiction, Technology and Society
Ana Carvalho
The session begins with a discussion on technology and society, featuring science fiction books by authors such as Octavia Butler and Ursula K. Le Guin. It is followed by speculative exercises based on everyday objects.

Tuesday, August 6
10:00 AM—1:00 PM
Alternative Perceptions of the Natural and Technological World
Isabel Carvalho
This intensive image production session aims to explore and experiment with other perceptions of the natural and technological world, challenging the linear Western representation of life and material cycles. The goal is to expose/highlight the complexity of the symbiotic relationships and associations that sustain the living and resilient ecosystems.

3:00 PM—6:00 PM
Iron Gall Ink: First Make, Then Draw
Daniel Silvestre
Iron Gall ink played a central role in the development of the European culture as it has been one of the main materials for writing and drawing for centuries. In this workshop, we will share with participants the main processes for its production from oak galls and we will practise its use by drawing from nature.

Wednesday, August 7
10:00 AM—1:00 PM
BECOMING: Practices of Collective Crossing
Jo Castro
This workshop focuses on sharing tools used in my artistic practice to continually explore the body through voice and movement exercises, both in pairs and groups. It aims to foster mutable states, dismantling habits and prejudices in a moment meant to be safe, shared, and collectively transcendent.

3:00 PM—6:00 PM
The Truth of Materials: Guided Tour by Brutalist Expression and the Ecology of Building in Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro Charity Centre
Joana Rafael
The Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro Charity Centre, designed by Luiz Cunha and Vasco Macieira (1964-73), embodies the core themes of an architecture that emphasizes material valuation and clear structural exposition, reflecting concerns related to aesthetics, functionality, and construction economy. This guided tour will explore the essence of the elements that shape the built environment, from their composition and industry to their solidity and broader impact on the planet.

Thursday, August 8
10:00 AM—1:00 PM
Cinema as a Sensitive Body – Non-Toxic Analog Processes
Juliana Julieta
In an exercise of sharing and exploring the vast possibilities of experimental cinema, this practical activity will delve into creating motion pictures without the use of a camera. We will use organic materials (flowers, leaves, fruits) which – through non-toxic processes – impress their form onto the sensitive 16mm film.

3:00 PM—6:00 PM
Queer Forest/Fortress
Daniel Oliveira
Following the screening of the Brazilian feature film Os Primeiros Soldados (2021), directed by Rodrigo de Oliveira, which focuses on the early days of the AIDS epidemic in Brazil, the workshop will explore the relationships between queer, nature, and history – or queer, space and time – in cinema.

7:00 PM—9:00 PM
Reflections
Bug Snapper aka Rui Santos 
An exploratory session on the relationship between natural and digital soundscapes in a performance and sound installation format, blending field recordings with synthesized sounds, playing with the similarities and differences between them.

Friday, August 9
3:00 PM—6:00 PM
Loop ~ Mineral Sounds: Experiences with Amplified Materials
Rebeca Letras
An experimental performance-exercise. Sharing of sound-art creation processes using ceramics and other amplified materials. This performative session includes participatory listening and collective interaction to induce mental states of relaxation and observation through meditative exercises.

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