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In March 2022, Norwegian artist Erik Dæhlin, a composer working across Sound, Image and Text, creating chamber music pieces, electroacoustic music, installations and other hybrid forms, and whose academic research work explores the concept of Memory as artistic material, was an artist-in-residence in Castro Marim, Portugal, On this video-recap we follow his work throughout this residency, as well as its presentation in Castro Marim and at the Only Connect Festival in Oslo, in April.

On March 28th, the first "Roda de Memórias" took place at Azinhal. "Roda de Memórias" is a space where the memories and stories of the population in Castro Marim are shared, mediated by the Teatro do Vestido team, a theatre group with a special fondness for people's memories and life stories, as well as places, landscapes and utopias.
This initiative is part of a project which will create a community archive where testimonies, objects and pictures of the Castro Marim Municipality may be preserved for the community's future memory, joining forces with other preservation projects which local associations have diligently created.

Below, you can view a few moments from this first "Roda de Memórias":

"A moment where life stories and memories, recent or old, are shared, open to people of all ages. Come share your story so it can live on in our memories."

"Roda de Memórias" is a space where the memories and stories of the population in Castro Marim are shared, mediated by the Teatro do Vestido team, a theatre group with a special fondness for people's memories and life stories, as well as places, landscapes and utopias.
This initiative is part of a project which will create a community archive where testimonies, objects and pictures of the Castro Marim Municipality may be preserved for the community's future memory, joining forces with other preservation projects which local associations have diligently created.
We call this project "Vozes da Memória" ("Voices of Memory").
On the 28th of May, between 16h and 18h, at Azinhal's Multiuse Center, we will welcome people of all ages from Castro Marim and invite them to share their stories and memories, so they may be preserved forever.
"Vozes da Memória" is coordinated by the Teatro do Vestido team, partners in Particular Universal.
This first "Roda de Memórias" is part of the Terra de Maio fair.

Rodrigo Vaiapraia, a multidisciplinary and self-taught artist, was the artist in residency at Castro Marim between May 6th and 13th, alongside Ana Farinha, Daniel Fonseca and Beatriz Diniz, where they worked on several sketches and drafts amassed during the past couple of years, some of which were presented in a concert on May 14th at the Amphitheatre of the Revelim de Santo António.

Below, we share photos of some of the moments of this residency and its presentation:

Norwegian composer Knut Olaf Sunde, whose work revolves around notions of place, duration and immersion, was the artist in residence in the Castro Marim Municipality, as part of the Particular Universal project, between April 23rd and May 7th 2022.

During this residency, he used sound and video recordings, as well as conversations with the locals, to establishing a narrative which was presented on April 29th at the Armazém do Sal.

This was the second residence curated by NyMusikk, norwegian partner for the project, which is funded by the EEA Grants mechanism, with the theme “Identity, Memory and Landscape in Castro Marim”. Below, you can see some of the photos taken of this residency and presentation.

In March 2022, Norwegian artist Erik Dæhlin, a composer working across Sound, Image and Text, creating chamber music pieces, electroacoustic music, installations and other hybrid forms, and whose academic research work explores the concept of Memory as artistic material, was an artist-in-residence in Castro Marim, Portugal,

Between the 13th and 24th of March, he explored the different places and environments within the Castro Marim Municipality (including the Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António Marsh Natural Preserve, with a particular focus on the Guadiana river delta), making a record of his impressions through texts, field recordings and photography, all of which he worked on with a view towards a performance / installation which took place on the 25th of March, at the Castro Marim castle. The following month, in late April, this was also be evoked in a piece performed by the artist at the Only Connect festival in Oslo.

This was the first residency curated by NyMusikk, norwegian partner for the project, which is funded by the EEA Grants mechanism, with the theme “Identity, Memory and Landscape in Castro Marim”. Below, you can see some of the photos taken of this residency and presentation.

Photos of the installation at the Only Connect Festival by: Signe Luksengard

Rodrigo Vaiapraia is the next artist-in-residence in Castro Marim, as part of the Particular Universal project. 

A self-taught, transdisciplinary artist, he has been fronting, since 2014, Vaiapraia, one of the great independent rock bands in Portugal, direct and self-confessed heirs to scenes such as punk, riot-grrrl or queercore, and who’ve been heralded almost unanimously by the portuguese music press; their latest, 2020 album “100% Carisma” is already a milestone in the country’s rock scene of all eras.

Between May 6 and 13, Rodrigo, together with fellow musicians Ana Farinha, Daniel Fonseca and Beatriz Diniz, will be working on several sketches and drafts amassed during the past couple of years, trying to “collectively find the attention, growth and reshaping that each melody asks for”.

On the 14th, at 7pm, at the open air auditorium in the Revelim de Sto. António, we will have the chance to maybe hear for the first time (next to some of the most energized, profound and affecting Portuguese songs in many years) these new directions. Admission to the concert is free. This is the second residency curated by Filho Único, project partner at Particular Universal.

This is the second residency curated by Filho Único, project partner at Particular Universal.

Norwegian composer Knut Olaf Sunde, whose work revolves around notions of place, duration and immersion, is the next artist in residence in the Castro Marim Municipality, as part of the Particular Universal project.

Between April 23rd and May 7th he will “observe, learn and try to understand the different cultural and landscape logics” of the region, through sound and video recordings, as well as in conversation with the locals, with the aim of establishing a narrative, to be presented April 29th, at 5.30pm, at the Armazém do Sal - a free admission event.

This will be the second residence curated by NyMusikk, norwegian partner for the project, which is funded by the EEA Grants mechanism, with the theme “Identity, Memory and Landscape in Castro Marim”.