On the Act of Reminding
2018
"Francisco Oliveira has created a reflective record of the possibilities of memory and the way sounds permeates and constitutes the act of reminding. The fragmentation of time and the diversity of inhabited places called upon form a moving sense of identity through static, slow and mediated sounds. Sound emphasizes and distorts the movement of time and, in doing so, one is immediately drawn upon to the contingencies of the interchangeable acoustic nature of human relations. It emphasizes and focus on the aesthetics of detail and the importance of the experience of slow listening. In fact, the record is an archaeological attempt of understanding time and the idea of otherness made possible by reflecting on the anticipation and persistency of memory and the possibility of returning to an essential world. It deals
with the maintenance of the self and the reconstruction of past experiences."
By Tomás Raposo
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Design – Diana Lucena
Mastered By – Miguel Carvalhais
Photography By – Bruno Silva
Piano, Electronics, Chalumeau
Recorded By, Producer – Francisco Oliveira
Violin – Luzia Lima