Alex Morgan
Henrique Apolinário
Mariana Ribeiro
Mariya Nesvyetaylo
Marlene Ribeiro

Paradela do Rio

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About

As Anahid Kassabian pointed out, listening is a "refined and specialized form of touch," in which we direct our attention to what we hear, gather meaning, interpret it, and decide on an appropriate response. This is especially important when it comes to music, which demands resonance, empathy, and space to be fully experienced. This distinction comes to mind when thinking about Pauline Oliveros concept of “deep listening”, where to hear is a physical ability that allows us to perceive sound, but to listen is to give attention and meaning to what is perceived. Deep listening requires us to fully engage with the sounds around us, to immerse ourselves in the experience and to be open to new perspectives and insights.


Artists:
Alex Morgan
Henrique Apolinário
Mariana Ribeiro
Marlene Ribeiro
Mariya Nesvyetaylo

Team:
Joaquim Durães - Artistic Direction
Luís Sobreiro - Film Direction 
Duarte Ferreira - Sound
Pedro Monteiro - Production

Thanks to:
Marcelino Sabença, Maria Carvalho, Urz and Celeste.

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This residence took place between 7 and 10 of July 2022 in Paradela do Rio, Montalegre, Portugal.

biographies

Alex Morgan

Alex Morgan is a musician and mosaic artist based in Wales. Best know for his work with sludge/doom band “Death of Money”(UK), as well as his own solo electronic projects as Meltith.  He lives with 5 chickens and enjoys smoking dmt.

Henrique Apolinário

Is a transdisciplinary artist, focused on the relationship between sound and physical performativity. He is an actor; audio technician specialized in recording, mixing and mastering, singer and multi-instrumentalist. He focuses especially on the development of experimental techniques of composition, improvisation and musical direction.

Mariya Nesvyetaylo
Mariya Nesvyetaylo lives in Paradela.

Mariana Ribeiro
He grew up in the city of Porto, where with his friends and companions on many adventures, he founded the band Sloppy Joe.While connected to the world of music, she took a Sculpture course at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Porto. She develops her atelier work with the production of serigraphs and notebooks and has also discovered a passion for the alchemy of soap. Together with Marcelino Sabença, she created Atelier NaOh, which brings together her various cultural, botanical and craft productions. With the desire to unite artistic creation with textile technologies, Mariana begins her adventure in researching Weaving and Tapestry in 2019. She lives with Marcelino, accompanied by the wonderful dogs Django, Mel and Polly, with one foot on the road and the other in Paradela.

Marlene Ribeiro

Marlene Ribeiro is best known for her decade of work with Gnod (UK), as well as having taken part in numerous collaborations, recordings and projects with artists from the U.K. and abroad. A more recent example of this, with Percussionist Valentina Magalleti as Due Matte. 
Marlene explores a range of live instruments, field recordings, electronics and voice, aiming to create a dream-like haze with elements of psychedelia.