Sound Art and Media Art

Hugo Paquete (1979). Research grant, (FCT) Ph.D student: Doutoramento em Média-Arte Digital. Aberta University and Algarve University, Portugal. Master in Contemporary artistic Creation, (UA, 2014). (CIAC): Center for Research in Arts and Communication, University do Algarve, University Aberta. And in the (ID+ [UA /DeCA) Group: Praxis and Poiesis: from arts practice towards art theory, Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture, Aveiro University. Researcher in collaboration with: (FCSH/NOVA-CESEM/CYSMUS): Group of Advanced Studies in Music and Cyberculture. He was an artist in residence at the ZKM / Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, IMA | Institute for Music & Acoustics, developing research on sound spatialization and acousmatic music. In his research, Paquete addresses notions such as space, noise, error, and glitch. He critically analyze the related subjects of sound art in sound studies and in digital art that contribute to the post-digital aesthetics. And the regimes of perception mediated by technology.

João Cruz. Bachelor Degree in Communication Design (1993), Masters in Multimedia Art (2003) and PhD in Art & Design (2011) from the School of Fine Arts at the University of Porto.
Lecturer of design and media studies for the Bachelor, Master and PhD programmes at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Porto (1999–2017). Member of ID+ Unexpected Media Research Group (2007–2017). Editor and co-founder of media-label Crónica Electrónica (http://cronicaelectronica.org) (2002–2010). Co-founder and co-creative director of Colönia Design Studio, Store & Micro-Gallery (2009–2014). Currently director of Mountain Superstudio™ (http://mountainsuperstudio.com) (2017), a design studio specialising in art direction, editorial design, branding and video with a focus on Portuguese fashion.

Studied in ESAP Porto from 1995-1998 and 2001-2002 completing the Degrees in "Cine-Video" and "Arte e Comunicação". He also studied Sound Studies in ESCAC, Barcelona (1998-2001).

He is a Lecturer at ESAP since 2001, Porto, and Guimarães (2008-2012).

Lecturer at Instituto Multimédia since 2001, Porto.

Founder of Ourafilmes (Audio, Film and Video Production) in 1997 and Speaker Blower Records in 2007.

Sound Design, Recorder, Editor, Mixer and/or Post-Production of dozens of short/medium/long films in Portugal and Spain since 1999.

Creator of VST instruments and effects since 2005.

Recorder and Producer of Music/Sound as Dr. Speaker Blower since 1998.

Composer of electroacoustic and instrumental music, Luís Antunes Pena was born in 1973 in Lisbon/Portugal. He is currently based in Germany. His compositions result from the intensive work on computer generated structures based on the development of his own computer tools, reflecting his interest in new forms of rhythm and noise. 2013 was released the portrait CD Terrains Vagues and 2015 the CD Caffeine from the Edition Zeitgenšssische Musik / Wergo / German Council of Music. His music is heard regularly in national and international festivals played by renowned ensembles like the mosaik ensemble, asamisimasa, nadar, hand werk or remix ensemble. Currently, he teaches at the Zurich University of the Arts and the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe.

Maite Camacho (Madrid, 1978)

Currently active as Multimedia Artist, she combines these tasks with those of a supervisor and cultural manager for her own creative projects and those of others, highlighting the implementation and general coordination of Espacio Menosuno from 2005 to 2012, a collective space with intense programming, and the management of IN-SONORA, a platform for the support and dissemination of the most emerging sound and interactive art, which has become a national and international benchmark after 10 exhibitions and various projects abroad. In 2012 she founded together with other artists the high-performance production space Taller Omnívoros located in the Vallecas district of Madrid and which currently serves as a workplace and meeting place for local and international artists.