UPDATES
C(H)ORO soundtrack for dance piece w/ Ricardo Nogueira Fernandes
12-03-2024C(H)ORO is a dance piece from the dancer Sara Garcia created throughout a series of residencies in portugal and spain, with the participation of João Oliveira and Mariana Barbosa as dancers. The soundtrack was developed in loco in parallel with the work of the dancers with the musician and sound artist Ricardo Fernandes. The results of this work will be performed in Póvoa do Varzim, Gaia and Bilbao over the month of april.
¡VALHALLA out now on bandcamp!
13-01-2023VALHALLA was created between autumn 2017 and winter 2018 and is the result of a commission by MJL for an ambient drone piece focused on sleep and sleep time. the four track album is an exploratory dialogue with the immaterial spectres of sleep, personified by the feedback of input-less delay lines, using the hand-manipulation of different parameters of the delays as the conversational medium. check it out on the link below
BIO
João Morais was born in a small fishing village in the north of Portugal, in 1993.
João moved to porto in 2011 where he started his studies on architecture at FAUP. during this period, from 2013 to 2016, he developed design work for the student body association, and in 2015 he was one of the founders of Quinzena, an initiative aiming to question-reform the politics of the current educational system.
in 2016, together with Francisco Craveiro and Miguel Royo, founded Oficina Fumo, an experimental multi-disciplinary practice with a focus on socio-political criticism. he collaborated with the other founding members on an improv performance (P.S. isla, 2017) and an installation (ctrl-x, 2016), as well as with João Costa and Manuel Carvalho on two critical architecture design projects (2017 and 2018).
in 2016 João began his professional practice as an architectural designer with a collaboration with Telmo Castro Arq., as well as, later that year, a direct commission for a residential conversion project in Billancourt–Rives de Seine, Paris. he worked as a furniture designer in 2018-2019. from 2019 to 2020 he collaborated on the production of several private and corporate events performing functions such as set design, ux design, production management and design. in 2020 João started collaborating with Vaga Arquitectura as an architect and in 2021 with ATELIERDACOSTA, maintaining an external collaborator role on both practices currently.
a decade after abandoning his introduction to piano and music theory classes, João began his musical practice in 2012. since then he has worked on different projects ranging from a sound fiction in collaboration with Miguel Royo, to a commissioned sound piece focused on sleep and sleep time (later remixed in the form of the Concrete-Experimental album VALHALLA), as well as soundtracks for film commissioned by Nicole Noia and Marta Miranda.
since moving to Porto, João collaborated with individuals such as film-maker and photographer Maria Novo (2017), oboist and musician José Carvalho (2019 - ongoing), as well as with the inventors-architects Beatriz Merouço and João Costa (2018 - ongoing).
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João Morais nasceu numa pequena vila piscatória no norte de Portugal, em 1993.
em 2011, João muda-se para o Porto, onde inicia os seus estudos em arquitectura na FAUP. durante este período, de 2013 a 2016, desenvolve vários trabalhos de design gráfico para a AEFAUP, e em 2015 foi um dos fundadores da Quinzena, uma iniciativa com o objectivo de questionar-reformar as políticas do sistema educativo vigente.
em 2016, em conjunto com Francisco Craveiro e Miguel Royo, fundou a Oficina Fumo, um laboratório de experimentação multidisciplinar focada em crítica sócio-política. Colaborou com os fundadores numa performance (P.S. isla, 2017) e numa instalação (ctrl-x, 2016), assim como, com João Costa e Manuel Carvalho, em dois projectos críticos de arquitectura (2017 e 2018).
em 2016, o João iniciou a sua prática profissional como arquitecto numa colaboração com Telmo Castro Arq., e, mais tarde nesse ano, numa comissão directa de um projecto de conversão residencial em BIllancourt-Rives de Seine, Paris. Em 2018 e 2019 trabalhou em design de mobiliário. Em 2019 e 2020 colaborou na produção de vários eventos privados e empresariais em várias funções, tais como, cenografia, design e gestão de produção e ux design. em 2020 João inicia uma colaboração em arquitectura com Vaga Arquitectura e em 2021 com o ATELIERDACOSTA, ligações que actualmente mantém como colaborador externo.
uma década após abandonar as aulas de introdução a piano e formação musical, João inicia a sua prática musical em 2012. Desde então trabalhou em vários projectos, entre os quais uma ficção sonora em colaboração com Miguel Royo no texto e voz, uma comissão de uma peça sobre sono e tempo (mais tarde remisturada na forma do álbum experimental-concrete VALHALLA), assim como bandas sonoras para Marta Miranda e Nicole Naia.
desde a mudança para o Porto, João colaborou com artistas como a realizadora e fotógrafa Maria Novo (2017), o oboísta e músico José Carvalho (2019 - presente), assim como os inventores-arquitectos Beatriz Merouço e João Costa (2018 - presente).
MUSIC & SOUND
>>> 2023 remixed edition of VALHALLA on bandcamp
>>> 2022 live performance at OLEC on soundcloud
>>> 2019 hybrid performance with Manuel Carvalho on soundcloud
>>> 2016 sound fiction with Miguel Royo on youtube
ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO
OTHER PLACES
>>> find me on instagram @joaomorais
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