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Maotik in Artist Residency

From 24th to 26th September

Mathieu Le Sourd, also known as MAOTIK, is a French digital artist with a focus on creating immersive environments, interactive installations and audiovisual performances which play at the intersection of art, science, and technology.

The artist studied Digital Media Production at the London College of Communication in London and holds a Master's Degree in Digital Arts from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. MAOTIK creates immersive environments using custom-designed software that transform perceptions of reality in real time. His approach to generative art is defined by the fluid motion of images and their seamless integration into immersive spaces. His work is inspired by nature, abstracting its essence through audiovisual sculptures based on randomness, creating unique experiences each time. He frequently involves audiences in his work, pushing the boundaries of perception with generative art, sound, algorithms, and data to envelop viewers in a fully immersive artistic experience.

His work has been presented at international festivals and institutions worldwide, including Mutek, Sonar, Oi Futuro in Rio, Art Basel, Frieze London, FIAC Paris, Signal Festival in Prague, British Film Institute in London, ARS Electronica in Linz, Miraikan Science Museum in Tokyo, B39 in Seoul, Funkhaus in Berlin, La Biennale in Venice, Fondation Serralves, W1 Curates, CCCB and Philharmonie in Paris.

Sonoscopy in Artistic Residence

From 24th to 26th September

Sonoscopia is an association for the creation, production and promotion of artistic and educational projects, centred on experimental music, sound research and their transdisciplinary intersections.

Since its creation in 2011, it has produced more than 700 events, artistic creations, educational activities and publications. It has been present in around 20 European countries, as well as as as far afield as the United States, Lebanon, Japan, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, Chile, Uruguay and Iraqi Kurdistan. His creations include the projects Phonambient, INsono, Phobos - Dysfunctional Robotic Orchestra, Phonopticon and Magnetic Machine.

In Portugal, Sonoscopia is a partner of organisations such as Fábrica das Artes/CCB, the São João National Theatre, the Serralves Foundation, Cine-Teatro Louletano, GNRation and Teatro de Ferro. It also has a space located in Porto, with small studios equipped and prepared for the conception and production of creative and scientific works, residencies and informal presentations, having hosted hundreds of artists from all over the world. Sonoscopia is supported by the Portuguese Republic - Culture/Directorate-General for the Arts.

Tatiana Macedo in Artist Residency

From 24th to 26th September

Lisbon, 1981, of Portuguese and Angolan descent.

BA Fine Arts, Central St. Martins College of Art & Design (London 2004), MA Visual Anthropology, FCSH - UNL (Lisbon 2012).

Winner of the Sonae Media Art Award in 2015.

Grants include Artist in Residence at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien International Studio Programme (Berlin, 2016).

Macedo's first film "Seems So Long Ago, Nancy" 2012 (shot at Tate Britain and Tate Modern) was awarded the SAW Film Prize by the American Anthropological Association (2014) and screenings include International Film Festivals, Tate Britain and the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Video Programme in Amsterdam (2012).

Selected exhibitions at MAAT, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, ZDB Gallery, Jeju Biennial of Contemporary Art, Iwalewahaus, Fundacion DIDAC, Gnration, CAV-Centro de Artes Visuais, Appleton Square, Lisbon Architecture Triennial, Culturgest, MNAC- National Museum of Contemporary Art, Kunstraum Botschaft Berlin, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Tegenboschvanvreden, Nuno Centeno and Carlos Carvalho Gallery, Ano Zero Biennial, Paris Photo, Photo Basel, Arco Madrid.

Luís Fernandes on Artist Residency

23rd, 24th and 25th August + 23rd, 24th and 25th September

As a musician, he has worked as a solo artist and as a member of multiple projects, having participated in 60 recordings to date. He is a founding member of the band peixe : avião, mentor of the projects The Astroboy and Landforms, member of the collective La La La Ressonance and the duo Palmer Eldritch. Since 2014, he has had a duo with pianist Joana Gama with whom he has collaborated with Ricardo Jacinto, José Alberto Gomes, Drumming GP, Orquestra Metropolitana and Orquestra de Guimarães.

In 2018 he developed the project "Speaking of Chance", exploring controlled randomness in modular synthesis systems together with André Gonçalves and Lloyd Cole. He collaborated with Rodrigo Leão on the composition, interpretation and production of the work Cérebro: Mais Vasto que o Céu, commissioned by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and with Maria João on the production of the disc "Abundância".

The scope of his work extends to the composition of music for theatre, dance, cinema, video and installations, including the film Mahjong by João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata, presented at the Cannes and Locarno Festivals, the Porto Poetic exhibition in homage to architects Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto Moura at the Triennale di Milano, and the plays "Os Três Irmãos" and "Corpo Clandestino" by Victor Hugo Pontes.

Over the course of three days, I carried out an artistic residency to finalise the piece Aural Device #2, commissioned by the Zer0 Museum. During this period, the implementation of this generative work on site was tested, as well as how it will be influenced by the aural ecosystem of Santa Catarina de Fonte do Bispo and the acoustic resonances of the Museu Zer0.

Francisca Rocha Gonçalves + Christian Dimpker in Artist Residency

From 23 to 30 August + from 24 to 26 September

Francisca Rocha Gonçalves and Christian Dimpker are an interdisciplinary duo who merge the boundaries between visual composition, sound art and ecological research. Francisca, an interdisciplinary researcher with a background in biological sciences and digital media, explores underwater soundscapes and the impact of anthropogenic noise on aquatic ecosystems, translating scientific research into immersive artistic experiences. Christian, a composer and art theorist with a PhD in Musicology and Composition, is known for his innovative notation systems and his vast body of work, ranging from instrumental and electroacoustic compositions to scores for light ballets, video and performance.

Together, they collaborate at the intersection of Christian's visual and compositional practices and Francisca's ecological and artistic-scientific approach, creating performances and installations that promote new dialogues between human beings, technology and the natural world. They have collaborated on concerts at venues such as the Schwartzsche Villa, Kunsthaus KuLe, ACUD in Berlin, TONALi Saal in Hamburg and audiovisual performances at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Oeiras Valley Science in Lisbon.

During this week-long artist residency at the Museu Zer0, we focused on the underwater ecologies of the Ria Formosa, exploring the districts of Faro, Tavira and Olhão, as well as Culatra Island. Through sound recordings and video documentation, conversations with local scientists, fishermen and NGOs active in the Ria Formosa, we understand the dynamics and experiences of the region. We learnt about the history of the Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo Olive Oil Producers' Agricultural Cooperative and the traces of its past activity through the equipment that remained as silent narrators. This residency will serve as the basis for a site-specific audiovisual work combining the ecological, social and historical narratives of the Ria Formosa.

Summer Sessions 2025

The Museu Zer0 is taking part in the Summer Sessions artistic residency, organised by our partner V2_.

Summer Sessions are short-term international residencies in art and technology for emerging artists and designers. A network of cultural organisations around the world sponsor and host the residencies.

The Summer Sessions 2025 residency starts on 18 August and will feature artists Emily Ghazal and Rosa Zangenberg

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