SEASON 01
Robert Allison
Generative art and cellular automata
We spoke to Robert Allison about the origins of his work, the limits and the enormous potential of creative software. A fluid conversation about the history and the future of computing, from generative art to machine learning and analog networks.
This conversation is only available in English.
Lúcia Antunes
Ilustração: entre a arte e a ciência
We spoke to Lúcia Antunes about the points of contact (and divergence) between her work as a scientific illustrator and as a designer.
During the conversation, we also tried to understand the process behind a drawing that aims to be a study and not a photographic representation.
This conversation is only available in Portuguese.
Saphira Nancy
Disrupção e criação artística
Regarding the exhibition Teia de Palma, we talked about the disruption of daily life imposed by the 2020 pandemic, of artistic and activist projects, in Lisbon and in the world.
The conversation was recorded on August 4th 2021, and is only available in Portuguese.
Tânia Guerreiro
Produção ao serviço do Artista
Tânia Guerreiro é produtora cultural e tem trabalhado em várias áreas da produção, entre espectáculos, cinema, artes visuais e festivais multi disciplinares.
Nesta conversa, abordamos várias questões em redor da produção artística contemporânea. Entre elas, os constrangimentos da criação face às limitações de financiamento, e a falta de amadurecimento dos projectos perante a imposição de prazos que desrespeitam a própria criação.
Gravação feita a 12 de Outubro de 2021. A conversa foi gravada em Português.
Tiago Miranda
A intimidade cruel da fotografia
We spoke to Tiago about the power of images, about the intimacy and difficulty of photojournalism in times of cognitive dissonance.
The conversation was recorded on November 8th 2021, and is only available in Portuguese.
SEASON 02
Carlos Neto de Carvalho
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O Geólogo Carlos Neto de Carvalho é coordenador do Geopark Naturtejo da Meseta Meridional e membro da comissão de coordenação da Rede Europeia de Geoparques. Já trabalhou em mais de 200 trabalhos em diversas áreas como Geologia, Paleontologia, Património.
The conversation was recorded in Portuguese.
A entrevista dá-se no cabeço mosqueiro, uma manta de vales e montes surge à nossa volta e, nas beiras, a imaginação dá lugar à paisagem com recortes de incêndios e de monoculturas, imaginamos as possibilidades para um território pouco conhecido e em que as falhas se revelam a olho nu.
Neste episódio Carlos introduz-nos às peculiaridades da serra do Muradal à escala do tempo geológico e humano, social e até militar. As curiosidades desdobram-se em novas pastas de ficheiros com recortes de uma narrativa de que somos parte sem saber.
Aida Jobarteh
The Mediterranean back way
Aida Jobarteh is a Swedish ethnologist and researcher who studies the notions of blackness, race, and migration in connection to European borders. She's worked on issues related to the African diaspora in the cultural sector, mainly focusing on the role of artistic spaces as examples of structural barriers and opportunities.
Arianna Traviglia
Discovering cultural heritage from the space
Archaeology is the intersection of many disciplines, both in humanities and in sciences and, in the last decade, in technology as well.
Dr Arianna Traviglia’s work is placed at this intersection, and most of her research focuses on mediating the inclusion of digital practices within the study and management of cultural heritage.
She leads the Center for Cultural Heritage Technology, based in Venice, the satellite center of the Italian Institute of Technology in charge of the Cultural Landscape Scanner project, carried out in collaboration with the European Space Agency.
Their work at the center focuses on the preservation, conservation and analysis of cultural heritage through Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics and Material Science.
The aim of the project is to create an algorithm which brings them all together through AI with a common purpose: detecting archaeological sites still buried underground.
In this conversation, recorded in Venice in July 2021, we talked about the technologies which are shaping the archeology of the 21st century, the challenges of AI and the need of interconnection between humanities and hard sciences.
Tiago Nabais
Os amigos de fora
The conversation was recorded in Portuguese.
Tiago Nabais é doutorando no Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra, onde investiga questões ligadas à memória e ao trauma na literatura chinesa contemporânea. Viveu dez anos em diferentes cidades da China e traduziu para português vários romances de literatura chinesa.
Nesta conversa, longa e ampla como o tema, falamos sobre algumas fracturas internas da sociedade chinesa e dos futuros possíveis, dentro e fora do império do meio.
Frederico Pereira
The power of spatial audio
Frederico Pereira is a researcher and published author, engaged in the study of psychoacoustics, soundscapes and the development of spatial audio technologies for virtual audio environments.
He is a senior Developer Technician at the Human-Technology Interaction and Robotics department of Centro de Computação Gráfica, in Guimarães, Portugal.
In this conversation, we talk about the nature of spatial audio, the power of simulations, and how the human brain will adapt to new and immersive virtual realities.