invite: 3/12 W 6:30pm at MIT Spatial Sound Lab: "Puro Spirito" w/ visiting artists Paes & Agua + Kris Pilcher

[Ian Condry]

Dear Boston Tech Poetics colleagues,

I’m writing to invite you to an event at the MIT Spatial Sound Lab.  It’s free and open to the public.  

March 12 Wed 6:30pm “Puro Spirito" with visiting artists Xavier Paes and Ines Tartaruga Agua + Kris Pilcher opening, an MIT Artfinity event.  

MIT Spatial Sound Lab, Room W20-429 which is 

Stratton Student Center, 84 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, fourth floor

free and open to the public

6pm doors and snacks

6:30pm music performances starting w/ Kris Pilcher

7 - 7:30pm Xavier and Ines perform live

+ reception and afterparty with spatial mixtape 

RSVP & info:  Ian Condry con...@mit.edu 

More details below and at https://artfinity.mit.edu/event/puro-spirito-immersive-sonic-experiences.  

Hopeful!  

Best, 

Ian

Ian Condry, Professor, CMSW, MIT

Writings, music, radio:

https://linktr.ee/iancondry

MIT Spatial Sound Lab

https://sites.mit.edu/spatialsoundlab

“Puro Spirito” by Xavier Paes and Ines Tartaruga Agua

Through sound, light, and movement, Paes and Água explore the relationship between the human body and invisible space. Their concept of "radical regeneration" transforms everyday objects—like DIY whistles—into bodily extensions that render air tangible through sound and motion. Their choreography generates sonic landscapes through movement, while their practice emphasizes environmental consciousness by creating performative works from found and recycled materials. The artists begin a five-week residency at the MIT Spatial Sound Lab in March 2025.

Xavier Paes

A transdisciplinary artist based in Porto, Paes works at the intersection of sound and visual arts, embracing performance, drawing, installation, photography, and painting through gleaning, activism, and multi-instrumentalism. A practitioner of "zenoise" philosophy, he explores parallel realities through acoustics, language, chaos, repetition, dérive, resonant bodies, echo, and ecology. His work has been presented at Portugal's Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto Municipal Gallery, Atelier Logicofobista, Oliva Arts Center, Lehmann+Silva Gallery, Galeria Zé dos Bois, and Zaratan. International venues include Villa Arson (Nice), Cafe OTO (London), NUB (Pistoia), Stichting Centrum (The Hague), OCCII (Amsterdam), La Pointe Lafayette (Paris), STUK (Leuven), Dar Meso (Tunis), and Overtoon (Brussels).

Inês Tartaruga Água

A multidisciplinary artist exploring sound and radical regeneration through DIY practices, Água has exhibited internationally since 2013. Notable presentations include Убежище/Suoja/Shelter Festival - Laboratory (Helsinki, 2019) and The Listening Affect (Porto, 2023). Her work has appeared at Atelier Logicofobista, Galeria DENTRO, Kunsthalle Freeport, Casa de Serralves (Porto), Casa das Conchas (Salamanca), Galeria Zé dos Bois (Lisbon), RadialSystem (Berlin), Cafe OTO (London), OCCII (Amsterdam), and La Pointe Lafayette (Paris). Água co-founded REFLUXO collective and DIES LEXIC duo (with Xavier Paes), and participates in the international collectives Mycelium (UK, Denmark, Italy, USA, and Portugal) and Porto-based MOSCXS.

Kris Pilcher 

Researcher in MIT Spatial Sound Lab.  "My art is influenced by the digital divide and my interest in emerging forms of altered reality. I believe that we are on the cusp of a technological evolution, and I strive to explore this transition through my art. With over 15 years of professional experience, I have created numerous community-based projects and pushed the limits of technology-based artwork. My focus is on creating art that benefits humanity and explores themes such as space technology, artificial intelligence, and virtual and augmented reality. My work has been showcased in both the global arts community and corporate sector."