gnration, Braga

In the landscape of Gerês, large granite boulders seem to take on animal forms. Interwoven with this pareidolia, we see images of the arrival at ‘fojo do lobo’ [wolf pit], an ancient type of trap that can still be seen in the border region of the Peneda and Gerês mountains. Through meditative contemplation, this video reflects on the human relationship with this landscape over time, and how it oscillates between curiosity and fear, between preservation and threat.

‘Fojo’ is part of a series of works created for the exhibition ‘Nature Makes no Noise’ (2023), gnration. It is the result of a collaboration between Adriana Romero and Joana Patrão, who were invited to engage in a dialogue with the work of Davor Sanvicenti within the framework of the EMAP (European Media Arts Platform) programme. + info: https://emare.eu/works/nature-makes-no-noise-2023

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​About the project

Created during an artistic residency at gnration and presented to the public for the first time, Nature Makes no Noise is Davor Sanvincenti’s new environmental audiovisual installation. In the spring, during his stay in Braga, the Croatian artist travelled to the Gerês Natural Park to capture and record sounds and images of animals in their natural habitat. Using an ambisonic sound trap, designed by Davor specifically to capture the sounds of animals in their natural habitat, the artist was able to put together a set of videos and images that form the centrepiece of this project. These recordings also contribute to the assessment of biodiversity in these areas, anthropogenic noise and noise pollution, as well as becoming valuable archive material for future generations. Created in collaboration with Portuguese artists Adriana Romero and Joana Patrão, Nature Makes no Noise centres on the interpretation of the documents collected in Gerês in the form of psychoacoustic phenomena and interaction with light, objects and images.