Sounds of Resistance

On May 17, at the open-air amphitheatre of the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Luís Bittencourt presents his solo performance Sounds of Resistance, marking the closing of the exhibition Testimonium by Jacob Kirkegaard.

Responding to the exhibition’s immersive exploration of waste, materiality, and hidden sonic layers, the performance extends these concerns into a live, embodied context. Testimonium invites audiences to listen to the “invisible pulsations” of discarded matter through complex sonic environments , and Bittencourt’s work echoes this perspective by activating objects, surfaces, and gestures as sites of resistance and transformation.

Through an intense and tactile sonic language, Sounds of Resistance unfolds as a performative act of listening—where sound becomes both trace and force, revealing the latent agency of materials and the political and poetic dimensions embedded within them.

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