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Mamori Sound Project
5th Annual Workshop/Residency for sound artists & composers
at Mamori Lake (Amazon, Brazil)
November - December 2009 / 2 weeks
http://www.franciscolopez.net/amazon.html

Conceived and directed by Francisco López
"Mamori Sound Project" is a 2-week workshop/residency for professional
and semi-professional sound artists and composers with previous
experience in the area of sound experimentation and field recordings.
It takes place at Mamori Lake, in the middle of the Brazilian Amazon,
and involves theoretical/discussion presentations, field work and
studio work. The workshop/residency has a special focus on creative
approaches to the work with field recordings, through an extensive
exploration of natural sound environments. It does not have a technical
character but is instead conceived and directed towards the development
and realization of a collective project of sonic creation with the
interaction of all participant artists/composers

Francisco López, director of "Mamori Sound Project", is internationally
recognized as one of the major figures of the experimental music and
sound art scene. He is also a Ph.D. ecosystem biologist, with more than
twenty years of teaching experience in Spain and Latin America. His
experience in the field of sound creation and work with environmental
recordings spans over a period of thirty years. His work has been
released by more than 180 record labels worldwide and he has been
awarded three times with honorary mentions at the competition of Ars
Electronica Festival. He has realized hundreds of field recording
projects, commissions, live performances, sound installations and
workshops, as well as research in entomology and ecosystem dynamics, in
50 countries in the five continents, with a particular emphasis on
tropical areas in the Americas, Africa and Australasia. He has been
directing and organizing "Mamori Sound Project" since 2005 and he has a
detailed sonic knowledge on its surrounding environments.

Anyone interested, please contact Francisco López directly:

e-mail: franciscolopez@franciscolopez.net
http://www.franciscolopez.net

Deadline for applications: April 30th, 2009

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