local worlds

Allmnésia, 2008, by Tiago Cutileiro and Jorge Pereira
Allmnesia is an audiovisual work (sound and video) purposely created for the event “Local Worlds”, which is part of the structure of the Allgarve 2008. It is a reflection on the emotional support of human identity in a place of continuous change. Our local world, the one we deal with in our everyday life is an extension of our own body. It is a life organism in continuous mutation on which we mirror our consciousness. Our memory holds and tries to fix these references, by means of a mutating and scarred body. In our memory there is the essence of life and in our body the material side of that essence.
What happens, then, when the body starts a continuous and rapid metamorphosis? What happens to our identity when we are someone different everyday? Will there be time to keep the memory of someone who never really is?
Allmnesia is an act of meditation about this new being that everyday wakes up as a new one; a being that, lacking an identity that never has time to incorporate, builds a pseudo-perception of him or herself, an anamnesis that is based on an inborn will to break away from one’s roots. A being that everyday falls a sleep in the comfort of a city, which, in an unrestrained autophagia, does not exist.
All the sound and visual material used in the creation of Allmnesia was collected in a geographic space called Lagos.

TIAGO CUTILEIRO nasceu em Lisboa (Portugal), em 1967. Vive e trabalha em Lagos.
Fez o Curso Geral de Piano do Conservatório Nacional (professora Carla Seixas – Piano; professores António Sousa Dias e Jorge Peixinho – Composição) e o Curso Complementar de Guitarra Clássica (Viola Dedilhada) do Conservatório Nacional (aluno auto-proposto, professor Luís Robert). Concluiu, em 2003, a Licenciatura em Música da Universidade de Évora – área específica de Composição (professor Amílcar Vasques Dias). Frequentou diversos cursos de composição com os professores Leo Brouwer, Emmanuel Nunes, John Chowning, Barry Truax e Salvatore Sciarrino. Obteve os seguintes prémios: 7ª Bienal dos Jovens Criadores da Europa e do Mediterrâneo; Mostra Jovens Criadores 96; Bolsas de Mérito 2000 e 2001 da Universidade de Évora. A par da actividade de compositor, é colaborador ensaísta do Teatro Nacional de São Carlos e da Culturgest e professor de Análise e Técnicas de Composição e Acústica na Academia de Música de Lagos, onde é também Director Pedagógico e Director Artístico. A sua obra inclui música para orquestra, conjuntos de câmara e instrumentos solo, bem como música electrónica e electroacústica, e tem sido tocada em diversos festivais nacionais e internacionais de música contemporânea. Compõe também, regularmente, música para teatro e instalações sonoplásticas.     Tiago Cutileiro was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1967, and lives and works in Lagos. He has concluded the General Course on Piano from the Portuguese National Conservatory (tutors: Carla Seixas- piano; António Sousa Dias and Jorge Peixinho- composition), and a supplementary course on Classical Guitar (Viola Dedilhada) from the same school with teacher Luís Robert. He also has a degree on Music from the University of Évora, in the area of Composition (tutor: Amílcar Vasques Dias). In addition, he attended several courses on Composition with tutors such as Leo Brouwer, Emmanuel Nunes, John Chowning, Barry Truax and Salvatore Sciarrino. Tiago Cutileiro has won the following awards:
7th Biennial of Europe and Mediterranean Young Creators; Show of Young Creators 96; Merit Scholarship 2000 and 2001 from the University of Évora. He composes and writes for the National Theatre of São Carlos and of Culturgest, both in Lisbon, and teaches Acoustic Composition Analysis and Techniques at the Music Academy of Lagos, where he is also the Pedagogical and Artistic Director. His work includes orchestral music, chamber music and solo instruments, as well as electronic and electro-acoustic music, which have been played in many national and international festivals of contemporary music. He also composes music for theatre and sound installations.

JORGE PEREIRA  nasceu na Beira (Moçambique) em 1974. Vive e trabalha em Lagos.      Jorge Pereira was born in Beira (Mozambique), in 1974. He works and lives in Lagos.
Em 1998, concluiu o Curso Superior de Escultura na ARCA, em Coimbra. Desde então tem desenvolvido trabalhos cénicos para diversos grupos de Teatro e Dança. Colabora desde 2003 com a Amálgama Companhia de Dança como designer e videoasta. Paralelamente, executa trabalhos de desenho técnico de arqueologia. É artista residente do LAC – Laboratório de Actividades Criativas e pertence à Direcção desta Associação.     In 1998, he graduated in Sculpture from ARCA, in Coimbra. Since then he has developed scenic works for several theatre and dance companies. Since 2003, he has been collaborating with Amálgama Dance Company as a designer and  video maker. Simultaneously, he has another activity in the field of archaeology (technical drawing). He is one of LAC’s resident artists and is a member of its direction board.
Tem participado em diversas exposições colectivas, nomeadamente na Bienal de Porto Santo, na MALA – Mostra de Artistas de Lagos (ambas em 2007) e no Dia Aberto, LAC (2008). Recentemente realizou a individual Jorge Urbano (2008) no Bar Galo, Lagos.    Jorge Pereira has participated in several group exhibitions, namely in the Porto Santo biennial, in MALA – Exhibition of Lagos Artists (both in 2007) an in the Dia Aberto (Open Day), LAC (2008). Recently he has had a solo exhibition called Jorge Urbano (2008) at the Galo Bar, in Lagos.