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- Reflections on the neuroscience and musical performancePublication . Conceição, Maria; Morgado, Elsa; Silva, Levi; Cardoso, MárioThe neuroscience is a vast and fertile field for studies of musical performance because it established the understanding of musicality and nervous system to understand the process of functioning of the human mind in its most diverse potentialities. Since Music is a human manifestation and construction, its cognitive function makes it possible to capture the modulations of the feelings and the creative act and has been an excellent pivot for neuro scientific study in the understanding of how the brain processes the sound stimuli and organizes the musical functions. As the success in musical performance requires an exceptional excellent motor control, in addition to an in-depth knowledge of the musical structure demands a high demand of corporal work.
- Postural adaptations of saxophone players during music performancePublication . Moura, Nádia; Fonseca, Pedro; Magalhães, Bárbara; Vidal, Marc; Serra, Sofia; Vilas-Boas, João PauloMusic performance is one of the most refined forms of skilled human behaviour, combining high-level motor and cognitive demands with expressive intentions. We examined how musical features and movement expression affect postural sway in expert saxophone players. Twenty participants (nine female) performed excerpts varying in tempo, rhythmical density, articulation, and technical demands, in standing position, under movement-restricted and expressive-movement conditions. Generalised linear mixed models were used to assess the effects of these factors on centre-of-mass measurements. Results showed that participants swayed faster and travelled longer distances in music with faster tempo and increased rhythmical density, but slower and with reduced mediolateral range when performing tonguing technique (staccato). When limited to technical motion, participants still showed increased mediolateral sway during staccato passages, suggesting compensatory postural adjustments. Sway frequency was unaffected by movement condition, possibly reflecting an unconscious, task-related motor response. Performances were longer when movement was constrained, highlighting the role of body motion in temporal regulation. Our findings help understand how saxophone players accommodate technical and expressive goals, offering new insights into motor control and multisensory integration during performance.
- Review: audio/visual makings. Practice-based research, post-digital hybridisation & techno-criticismPublication . Gago, AnaAnchored by the Pedro Ferreira’s own practice-based research, Audiovisual Disruption: Post-Digital Aesthetics in Contemporary Audiovisual Arts (2024) explores critical making as a way to address the impact(s) of digital technologies, in/through contemporary arts, and IRL. In this sense, the book’s theoretical-conceptual foundation, carefully set throughout its initial chapters, proceeds to be (de)materialized in the analysis of artistic projects that explore post-digital hybridisation, thus, challenging static categories of digital aesthetics, referenced from the analysis of Christiane Paul and Alexander Galloway. When trying to avoid insider-outsider, on and off, and other meta-existentialistic dichotomies, the author positions himself (as well as his audio/visuo/logical work/s) somewhere in between: media, medium, arts and techno-criticism. In this review, we synthesize Pedro Ferreira’s perspective, briefly relating it to other critical approaches, namely the idea of “multiple makings”, as proposed by Simon Bowen, and Tim Ingold’s “ways of making”.
- Poesis, system, and sensorial regeneration: a conversation with Abbas ZahediPublication . Fleisher, GuyThe work of Abbas Zahedi (b. 1984) operates in the space between social action, biological systems, and aesthetic experience. Drawing from his former training as a medical doctor, Zahedi creates immersive, relational frameworks—often employing sound and ritual—that poetically address collective trauma, systemic failures, and the contemporary sense of precarity. This interview explores the artist’s unique trajectory, from a background rooted in protocols of care to the design of his artistic systems and methodologies, examining how his practice reclaims sensorial experience and artifice as indispensable tools to generate genuine connection and communal support, from both an artistic and experiential point of view.
- Editorial: V17 N2Publication . Natálio, Carlos; Balona, Alexandra; Amorim, João Pedro; Branco, Sara Castelo
- Modos de produção e ensino superior de cinema: estudo comparativo entre Moçambique e PortugalPublication . Alves, Pedro; Nhachote, RosalinaO ensino superior orienta-se pelos desafios advindos de cada realidade profissional, social e cultural. Deve ser capaz de produzir conhecimento e desenvolver capacidades nos estudantes que desemboquem em respostas capazes às suas vidas profissionais futuras. O cinema não é exceção a esta regra. Os modos de produção cinematográficos de cada contexto requerem competências e respostas específicas das universidades às exigências e à história da cinematografia local, regional ou nacional. E deve também proporcionar ou construir uma participação ativa, produtiva e exitosa dos estudantes nesse panorama. Neste artigo procuraremos desenhar um mapa dos modos de produção de cinema em Moçambique e Portugal, visando o seu percurso histórico e a resposta pedagógica proporcionada por duas das principais instituições de ensino superior lecionando cinema nos dois países (Instituto Superior de Artes e Cultura de Moçambique e Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica Portuguesa) aos desafios colocados pelos mesmos.
- O espaço público na obra de Zulmiro de CarvalhoPublication . Abreu, José GuilhermeO presente texto visa estudar, analisar e discutir a obra pública de Zulmiro de Carvalho, definindo-se a mesma como a série de peças acessíveis, sem restrições, à receção pública, quer as mesmas se encontrem, em permanência ou temporariamente, em espaços públicos ou privados, exteriores ou interiores, sendo o livre acesso e a integração das obras onde a vida flui as condições diferenciadoras. O estudo das obras públicas de Zulmiro de Carvalho implica, por isso, uma indagação dupla. Por um lado, analisar como as obras que se integram no espaço público. Por outro, sondar como o espaço público se repercute nas obras. Se é verdade que esta dialética é válida para todas as produções artísticas que elegem o espaço público como lugar de implantação. No caso da obra pública de Zulmiro de Carvalho, torna-se imperioso considerar a mesma, já que a obra do escultor é eminentemente site-specific, na medida que é a partir da visão e da compreensão do lugar que o escultor concebe a sua obra. Foi por isso opção, analisar todas as obras públicas de Zulmiro, da escultura pública de caráter civil, até à obra de arte de expressão sagrada, permitindo assim apurar a consistência e a coerência da arte de Zulmiro de Carvalho.
- A antiga igreja paroquial de Ramalde: intervenção de conservação e restauroPublication . Vieira, Eduarda; Rodrigues, Rita
- Lola Montès: Max Ophüls's final dive into circularity and repetitionPublication . Natálio, CarlosThis article aims to reflect on the testamentary dimension of Max Ophüls’ last feature film, Lola Montès, from a research context that seeks to understand the thematic, narrative, and stylistic traits of film directors’ last films. Through a mobilisation of Gilles Deleuze’s concept of crystal image, and a film analysis of the work and comparison with other important Ophüls films, this paper argues that the constant movement of the characters and the filmmaker’s camera throughout his body of work is, in this testament film, transformed into an infernal circularity in which its protagonist is imprisoned. This movement without escape, based on the circularity of the circus arena in which Lola is held captive, is ultimately a way of portraying the decadence and exploitation of mass entertainment culture in its logic of capture, exploitation and commodification of its “human products.” The culmination of circularity and repetition in this capture is associated with the degradation of both the living performative body of Lola and the figure of its director Max Ophüls, given that Lola Montès was not only a very difficult film to direct but also very poorly received at the time of its release.
- The sexual self-esteem inventory - short form (SSEI-SF): factor structure of the scale for the Portuguese populationPublication . Mendes, Liliana; Leonido, Levi; Carvalho, Inês; Barbosa, Ana; Martins, Ana; Ribeiro, Maria; Morgado, Elsa GabrielIntroduction. Sexuality plays a pivotal role in human life, shaping individuals’ perceptions and practices, known as sexual self-esteem, which significantly influences attitudes and behaviours. Aim. This study aimed to examine the factor structure and reliability of the Sexual Self-Esteem Inventory (SSEI) in its abbreviated form for the Portuguese population, considering five distinct aspects: Skill/Experience, Attractiveness, Control, Moral Judgment, and Adaptiveness. Method. A cross-sectional, quantitative, comparative, and correlational study with a quasi-experimental design was conducted. A total of 901 individuals aged 18 to 39 years (M = 25.52, SD = 6.27), predominantly female (67.8%), participated in the study. The factor structure was analysed via exploratory factor analysis, and instrument reliability was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha. Results. The exploratory factor analysis yielded 24 items organized into four factors – Emotional Readiness, Competence and Experience, Attractiveness, and Adaptiveness - explaining 51.99% of the total variance. All factors exhibited good internal consistency. Conclusion. Thus, the inventory demonstrated adequate factor structure and reliability and is deemed suitable for assessing self-perceptions regarding sexuality across four dimensions in a Portuguese sample.