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.
Present Associate Professor at EA - UCP, Porto Researcher at CITAR - UCP, Porto Director Sound and Image Dpt. - UCP, Porto Associate Partner at BMAT, Bcn Complete CV: Degóis Platform Short Biography: bio_abarbosa.pdf Portrait Photos: 2009, 2010, 2011 Live Photos: 2010
Research Interest
Audiovisual Design; Sonic Arts; Networked Music; Gesture Controlled Audio Systems; Sonic Interaction Design; Behavior-Driven and Tangible User Interfaces; Film Sound Theory.
The Public Sound
Objects(PSOs) . is a Shared Sonic Environment, for experimental music available as an installation or as a web based system. It is targeted to the
general Public and it dos not require previous music knowledge. A user can join collaborative performance using a "Bouncing Ball Java Interface"
by manipulating Sound Objects in a central soundserver. The project was originaly created by Álvaro Barbosa during his visiting research period at the MTG - Barcelona.
Pulsing Heart - Pulsing Heart is an interactive installation project that was commissioned to Sofia Thenaisie, Renato Branco, Álvaro Barbosa and Luis Gustavo Martins by Porto's Casa da Musica in order to commemorate it's 5th Anniversary. The project consisted in an interactive system that measured real time heart pulses from visitors and mapped it in a periodic red light that covered the entire Casa da Musica from the outside to the inside. The closing of the project took place in April 14th of 2010 at Casa da Musica's hallways, with a live electronic performance that mapped it's musical outcome into pulses of light that spanned throughout the building.
O Trovão - Is a 3D Animation Short Film produced at UCP - Escola das Artes, featuring many experimental techniques in order to achieve a stylistic visual style complemented with a sonic and musical environment that converged to a highly gratifying result. The team that produced this project included faculty members and students from UCP, as well as a group of independent musicians from Porto working on the Closing Theme "Thunder Surf" (André Hollanda, Pedro Vidal, Eurico Amorim and André Indiana).
