CHAMA/CHUVA/GUARDA/RIOS
Set of drum plates and singing bowls on improvised found branches from the site,
industrial watering metal tube parts,
electroacustic instruments and electronics.
Site-specific performance for Ponto d'Orvalho festival 2022. Barrocal dam, Herdade da Quinta das Abelhas,
Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
(September, 17th)
2022
This performance plays with the idea of randomness and indeterminacy as a process for musical composition. The natural elements of the space are used as tools and sound objects, such as the tree branches that hold the plates, rocks and pebbles that were thrown at to make the metals sing or the body of water itself as a huge drum skin.
Link: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17935769924289905/
Review in portuguese by Mattia Tosti https://umbigomagazine.com/pt/blog/2022/10/03/colaboracao-e-companheirismo-ponto-dorvalho-2022/
Photography by Vera Marmelo©
Installation of drum plates and singing bowls on improvised found branches from the site. Barrocal dam, Herdade da Quinta das Abelhas, Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal.
Throwing pebles at drum plates, singing bowls and into the river surface. (Act I)
DIY water psaltery with amplification and effects modulation.
Industrial watering pipes drumming (act II)
DIY electroacoustic water psaltery. (Act III)
Photography by Vera Marmelo.
Conception and activation: Xavier Paes & Inês Tartaruga Água
For “Ponto D’Orvalho” 2022.
Herdade da Quinta das Abelhas, Montemor-O-Novo.