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O.R.C.A.

Artistic Investigation Group

There are few aspects in our daily life that do not involve digital technologies or computers. More or less invisible, new technologies are completely integrated into the way humans relate to the world and to each other. We have stopped going to a specific space to be "connect to the internet" because now we are permanently connected. Roy Ascott, one of the most well-known researchers in the art, cybernetics and telematics studies, talks about "new consciousness" produced by the impact of digital networks and telecommunications. One thing is certain: what is created with computers, whether hardware, software or any other apparatus, is not isolated from political and philosophical content, much less from some kind of impact on people. In this sense, whether we are talking about social platforms, a movie, an app or an upload to instagram, we feed a global and individual consciousness that transforms our relationship with the world and with others.


Project #1 is the first ORCA creation and consists of a robotic aggregate of sound objects controlled by original interfaces through a local network. This project proposes to generate an environment of performative collaboration involving robots, sound, image, multimedia and performers.

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ORCA team on Projeto #1:
André Botelho
Filipe Lopes
Francisca Dores
Pedro Afonso

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Video:
Francisca Dores

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