Biography
André Gonçalves (PT) works across the fields of visual arts, music, video, installation and performance.
Since 2002, he has been refining his ‘do it yourself’ approach to electronics, experimenting with sensor interfaces, old and new hardware and various techniques to create intermedia pieces. Recent projects have included interactive installations such as ‘Resonant Objects’ (2006), 'Pong - The Analog Arcade Machine' (2008), ‘Untitled #06 - portable version’ (2009), ‘Of how we have to leave doubts, expectations and the unachieved' (2008) and 'Trigger Happy' (2009). These and other works have been presented in several galleries and festivals such as Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul; FILE, Sao Paulo; Experimental Intermedia Foundation, Diapason, New York; Lab Syntèse, Montreal; Collision Collective, Boston; Untitled Artspace, Oklahoma City; Arnolfini, Offload Festival, Bristol; Steim, Amsterdam; Atlantic Waves, London; Pixelache Festival, Helsinqui; Gallery 0047, Oslo; Ura! Gallery, Istanbul; Centro Zittelli, Venice; La Casa Encendida, Media Lab and Sonikas Festival, Madrid; L'Antic Teatre, Barcelona; IFI, Pontevedra; Museu Vostell Malpartida, Maquinarte Festival, Cáceres; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Galeria Lisboa 20, Fábrica Features, Festival Temps D'Images, Luzboa, EME, Lisbon; Pushing the Medium, Nodar.
Recently he has been awarded an Honorary Mention at FILE Prix Lux 2010 in the Digital Language category.
His discography, among others, includes releases on the labels Grain of Sound, Crónica Electrónica and Sirr (PT), Cherry Music (JP), Winds Measure (US) and Transacoustic Research (AT). His music work, solo or in collective projects, include more than 15 editions in several recording labels under the names: Ok.suitcase, In Her Space, Stapletape, Iodo, ltthwhasp, Sound Asleep, Safe and Sound, Variable Geometry Orchestra...
Recently he has been working on his solo project Feltro and in the collectives Safe and Sound, and Gigantiq.
