Space Festival 2025
In November 11th, Luís Bittencourt will come back to the iconic Space Festival to present his multimedia concert Sounds of Resistance. In a globalized, connected and technological world, affected by different sociocultural and environmental problems, forms of oppression and power relations, resistance practices aim to question, and sometimes subvert, social structures, discourses and hegemonic cultural practices. Music and arts have the ability to access human subjectivity and promote social transformation, strengthening our capacity for reflection, questioning and engagement in the face of contemporary challenges. "Sounds of Resistance" proposes a reflection on the possible resistance practices within our reach. In this concert, Luís Bittencourt explores musical creation through ordinary objects and materials not usually recognized as musical instruments (such as a metal drum or plastic bags) in order to explore new sounds and repertoires. The concert is part of the work Import/Export: Percussion Suite for Global Junk, by Englishman Gabriel Prokofiev, with videos created exclusively for the project by Portuguese artist Flávio Almeida. With this concert, Luís Bittencourt proposes a reflection on the aesthetic (and sometimes static) and dominant ideals that separate music from noise, musical sounds from non-musical sounds, art from everyday life.
More info: https://www.spacefestival.pt/programacao/sons-de-resistencia
