User:Andre Castro/Grad bio abstrac

BIO

André Castro (PT) is a sound artist living in Rotterdam. His practice involves DIY, exploratory, and nonsense strategies to appropriate found media-objects, such as audio-tracks from a colossal online archive, the whispers and silences of radiophonic discourse, or the stories told in spam emails.

ABSTRACT

Narratives of Deception narrates the dramas of the American soldier who captured Osama bin Laden, the daughter of Kenya's road minister who's threaten by her stepmother, the sick and religious widow who writes from her hospital bed, and the banker who find unclaimed fortunes from famous clients.

OR in plural

Narratives of Deception narrates the dramas of the American soldiers who captured Osama bin Laden, the daughters of Kenya's road minister who are threaten by their stepmother, the sick and religious widows who write from their hospital beds, and the bankers who find unclaimed fortunes from famous clients. famous clients.

Equipment

• 3 microphones (headsets or with mic-stands; if they are not wireless need long cables > 10m)
• PA
• sound mixer
• ceiling lights
• (video camera for documentation)