| Luís Bittencourt |
| Performing Musician · Composer · Sound Artist · Artist-Researcher |
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| A Solo Percussion Concert |
Sons de
Resistência |
| Works for solo percussion by Gabriel Prokofiev and Pedro Junqueira Maia |
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| A fuel drum. A wooden pallet. Plastic bags. A distorted electric guitar. Sons de Resistência (Sounds of Resistance) turns everyday objects into instruments of resistance — a concert-manifesto that questions boundaries, institutions, and the very notion of what music is. |
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| The Concept |
Everyday Objects,
Radical Sound |
In a globalised, connected and technological world, marked by different forms of oppression, resistance practices emerge as disobedient lines that question the ordering and conservation principles governing life in society. Music and art have the capacity to reach places in the human mind where oppression cannot, strengthening our ability to resist — crossing institutions, questioning them, or creating new meaning.
Resist the boundaries that segregate people and cultures. Resist the oppression of identities. Resist the injustices of the contemporary world through art, making music with whatever is at hand — a refined instrument, or a wooden pallet and plastic bags. Resist the dominant aesthetic ideals that polarise the musical and the non-musical, music and noise. |
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| The Programme |
| Two Works, One Resistance |
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Import/Export: Percussion Suite for Global Junk (2008)
Gabriel Prokofiev · c. 33 min
Globalisation, waste, politics and economics: an unpredictable percussion solo that turns a fuel drum, a wooden pallet, plastic bags and soda bottles into sonic protagonists — innocent yet destructive messengers of an ever-hungry global market. Composed in seven “sound voyages”, the piece pairs digital processing with a strong sense of structure and melody inherited from classical tradition.
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| Voyage 1: On Land | Voyage 2: Engine Multiplier |
| Voyage 3: Cloudburst | Voyage 4: Plastic Invasion |
| Voyage 5: Fanta | Voyage 6: Tropical Shores |
| Voyage 7: Memories of a Wooden Workhorse | |
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Xcuse Me While I Kiss the Sky (2010)
Pedro Junqueira Maia · c. 10 min
A tribute to John Cage and Jimi Hendrix: noises produced with paper, newspaper, plastic, pencils and stones converse with a distorted electric guitar, in a real-time interplay of improvisation and electronics — complete with a cadenza in the style of the classical solo concerto.
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| Photography — [credit to confirm] |
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| Credits |
| Creative & Artistic Team |
Creation & Performance
Luís Bittencourt |
Composers
Gabriel Prokofiev · Pedro Junqueira Maia |
Sound Design
Rodolfo Cardoso |
Light Design
Cárin Geada |
Light Operation
João Fonte |
Videos
Flávio Almeida |
Graphic Design
André Gigante |
Executive Production
Tatiana Vargas |
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| Presented at cultural institutions including Museu Bienal de Cerveira [full presentation history to confirm] |
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| For Promoters |
| Practical Information |
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| Duration |
Approx. 45 minutes, no interval [to confirm] |
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| Format |
Solo percussion concert with everyday objects, live electronics and amplified electric guitar |
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| Suitable Venues |
Contemporary music venues, museums, black-box theatres, interdisciplinary festivals and art biennials |
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| Touring Party |
Performer + technical/production team [to confirm] |
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| Technical Needs |
Percussion and object set-up, electric guitar and amplification, PA & sound reinforcement, stage lighting rig. Full technical rider available on request. |
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| Language |
Non-verbal / instrumental — no language barrier |
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| Fee |
Available on request, according to venue and territory |
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“Resist through sound.
Resist through art.” |
| Sons de Resistência |
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