Álvaro Barbosa (Angola 1970) is an Associate Professor at the School of Arts from Oporto's Portuguese Catholic University (UCP), the Portuguese leading research and educational institution in the field of Science and Technology applied to the Arts. He holds a PhD degree in Computer Science and Digital Communication from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain and a Graduate Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Aveiro University in Portugal. His activity is mainly on the field of Music Technology, in which he worked for five years as a resident researcher at the Barcelona Music Technology Group (MTG). His recent research has mostly been developed at the UCP's Research Center for Science and Technology of the Arts (CITAR) and is focused on the study and development of experimental Network Music Systems, as well as in Interactive Sound-Design. He has also developed several artistic projects with special emphasis in Music Composition, Interactive Installations Design and Computer Animation. His work as a Researcher and an Artist has been extensively published internationally. In 2010 he undertook a Post-Doctoral Research Position at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) from Stanford University and in 2011 he started collaborating as a Visiting Professor with the University of Saint Joseph in Macau, China. |
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132nd AES Convention (April 2012), Budapest - Hungary 44th AES Conference on Audio Networking (November 2011),San Diego - CA, USA TEDX - Covilhã (May 2011), Universidade da Beira Interior - Portugal CCRMA Colloquium 2011 (January 2011), Stanford University - California, USA MAT 595M Seminar Series (November 2010), University of California - Santa Barbara, USA EARZOOM Festival 2010 (October 2010), Ljubljana - Slovenia Featured Project |
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Journey to the Last Frontier (J2TLF) is a Multimedia Piece related to the Vela 6911 incident that inspired an artistic project by the Angolan musician, composer and instrument designer Victor Gama. Vela 6911 was originally produced as an invitation by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and premiered on the 5th of March 2012 at Harris Theater in the city of Chicago. For the creation of this piece, Victor Gama and Álvaro Barbosa engaged in an expedition to Antarctica, capturing magnificent video and audio material. J2TLF is based on this experience and results in a 20 minute Multimedia Piece, produced specifically for the opening of the Black & White Festival 2012, featuring Victor Gama performing on his instruments Acrux, Toha and Dino and Álvaro Barbosa performing with live electronics and on a Radial String Chimes. The video is based on footage recorded at the Antarctic Peninsula and presents the journey of an Antarctic Penguin and Human Explorers, converging at the last wild frontier of our planet - The Antarctic continent. |
