Nuno da Luz / Works

Nuno da Luz, Wave Turbulence on Thin Plate – Nazaré Oceanic Buoy, 2019. Wind gong vibrating according to ocean wave turbulence gathered by the Nazaré oceanic buoy between September 2017 and September 2018, and compressed into 60 minutes. Gong, sisal rope, contact speaker, loudspeaker cable, amplifier, sound. 60′ (loop), dimensions variable Nuno da Luz, Wave Turbulence on Thin Plate – Nazaré Oceanic Buoy, 2019. Wind gong vibrating according to ocean wave turbulence gathered by the Nazaré oceanic buoy between September 2017 and September 2018, and compressed into 60 minutes. Gong, sisal rope, contact speaker, loudspeaker cable, amplifier, sound. 60′ (loop), dimensions variable
Exhibition view: Poetry as an echological survival, Nuno da Luz, Galeria Vera Cortês, 2019 Exhibition view: Poetry as an echological survival, Nuno da Luz, Galeria Vera Cortês, 2019
Exhibition view: Poetry as an echological survival, Nuno da Luz, Galeria Vera Cortês, 2019 Exhibition view: Poetry as an echological survival, Nuno da Luz, Galeria Vera Cortês, 2019
Exhibition view: Transverberation, Nuno da Luz, Galeria Vera Cortês, 2019 Exhibition view: Transverberation, Nuno da Luz, Galeria Vera Cortês, 2019
Performance / Concert by duo Gabriel Ferrandini (drums) and Pedro Sousa (saxophone). In response to and in dialogue with the installation Transverberation, by Nuno da Luz Performance / Concert by duo Gabriel Ferrandini (drums) and Pedro Sousa (saxophone). In response to and in dialogue with the installation Transverberation, by Nuno da Luz
Nuno da Luz, Musique Concrète (VF270), 2019. PVC, paper risography. 148 x 105 x 5 cm Nuno da Luz, Musique Concrète (VF270), 2019. PVC, paper risography. 148 x 105 x 5 cm
Nuno da Luz, Wave Turbulence on Thin Plate – Nazaré Ocean Buoy, 2019. Wind gong vibrating according to ocean wave turbulence gathered by the Nazaré ocean buoy between January and December 2018, and compressed into 60 minutes. Gong, sisal rope, contact speaker, loudspeaker cable, amplifier, sound. 60’ (loop), dimensions variable Nuno da Luz, Wave Turbulence on Thin Plate – Nazaré Ocean Buoy, 2019. Wind gong vibrating according to ocean wave turbulence gathered by the Nazaré ocean buoy between January and December 2018, and compressed into 60 minutes. Gong, sisal rope, contact speaker, loudspeaker cable, amplifier, sound. 60’ (loop), dimensions variable
Nuno da Luz, The forest is the school (for Pedro Neves Marques), 2017. Lenticular print, 84,1 x 59,4 cm Nuno da Luz, The forest is the school (for Pedro Neves Marques), 2017. Lenticular print, 84,1 x 59,4 cm
Exhibition view: RWSNK ECHOS, Nuno da Luz, Kunstraum Botschaft, 2017, with posters for Week 5 / Echo 5 Dschungel Hurlante Exhibition view: RWSNK ECHOS, Nuno da Luz, Kunstraum Botschaft, 2017, with posters for Week 5 / Echo 5 Dschungel Hurlante
Nuno da Luz, Untitled (for Eleanor Weber), 2015. Survival blankets, aluminium rail 3.60 x 10.87 m. Exhibition view: Wilderness, Vera Cortês Art Agency, 2015 Nuno da Luz, Untitled (for Eleanor Weber), 2015. Survival blankets, aluminium rail 3.60 x 10.87 m. Exhibition view: Wilderness, Vera Cortês Art Agency, 2015
Nuno da Luz, Untitled (for Eleanor Weber), 2015. Survival blankets, aluminium rail 3.60 x 10.87 m. Nuno da Luz, Untitled (for Eleanor Weber), 2015. Survival blankets, aluminium rail 3.60 x 10.87 m.
Nuno da Luz, Ella Megalast Burls Forever, 2013/2015 Bench, drywall, bass transducer, loudspeaker cable, amplifier, audio player, 224’00’’ (loop). Variable dimensions. Exhibition view: Wilderness, Vera Cortês Art Agency, 2015 Nuno da Luz, Ella Megalast Burls Forever, 2013/2015 Bench, drywall, bass transducer, loudspeaker cable, amplifier, audio player, 224’00’’ (loop). Variable dimensions. Exhibition view: Wilderness, Vera Cortês Art Agency, 2015
Nuno da Luz, Wind vane (for Olivia Plender), 2015. Wall clock, motor, Raspberry Pi, wi-fi antenna, transformer. ø 30 x 5 cm Nuno da Luz, Wind vane (for Olivia Plender), 2015. Wall clock, motor, Raspberry Pi, wi-fi antenna, transformer. ø 30 x 5 cm
Nuno da Luz, whenever Eyjafjallajökull, 2015. Video, color, stereo, 13’40’’ (loop). Exhibition view: Wilderness, Vera Cortês Art Agency, 2015 Nuno da Luz, whenever Eyjafjallajökull, 2015. Video, color, stereo, 13’40’’ (loop). Exhibition view: Wilderness, Vera Cortês Art Agency, 2015
Nuno da Luz, Bullroarers, 2015 Skateboards, trucks, wheels, bearings, grip, 9000 volts. 80 x 20 x 10 cm Nuno da Luz, Bullroarers, 2015 Skateboards, trucks, wheels, bearings, grip, 9000 volts. 80 x 20 x 10 cm
Nuno da Luz, Bullroarers, 2015 Skateboards, trucks, wheels, bearings, grip, 9000 volts. 80 x 20 x 10 cm Nuno da Luz, Bullroarers, 2015 Skateboards, trucks, wheels, bearings, grip, 9000 volts. 80 x 20 x 10 cm
Nuno da Luz, “One might say that a firework is nothing other than a tree or a big artificial flower that grows, blooms, and dies in the course of a few seconds. After that it withers and falls to the ground in unrecognizable shreds. Well then, let us take this firework and make it last a month, stretching the time element but leaving everything else as is. What we get will be a flower, with all the visual characteristics of other flowers. Or let us imagine the seed of a tree might explode like a bomb.”, 2015 Photo-luminiscent screenprint on paper. 100 × 70 cm. Exhibition view: Wilderness, Vera Cortês Art Agency, 2015 Nuno da Luz, “One might say that a firework is nothing other than a tree or a big artificial flower that grows, blooms, and dies in the course of a few seconds. After that it withers and falls to the ground in unrecognizable shreds. Well then, let us take this firework and make it last a month, stretching the time element but leaving everything else as is. What we get will be a flower, with all the visual characteristics of other flowers. Or let us imagine the seed of a tree might explode like a bomb.”, 2015 Photo-luminiscent screenprint on paper. 100 × 70 cm. Exhibition view: Wilderness, Vera Cortês Art Agency, 2015
Nuno da Luz, “One might say that a firework is nothing other than a tree or a big artificial flower that grows, blooms, and dies in the course of a few seconds. After that it withers and falls to the ground in unrecognizable shreds. Well then, let us take this firework and make it last a month, stretching the time element but leaving everything else as is. What we get will be a flower, with all the visual characteristics of other flowers. Or let us imagine the seed of a tree might explode like a bomb.”, 2015 Photo-luminiscent screenprint on paper. 100 × 70 cm. Exhibition view: Wilderness, Vera Cortês Art Agency, 2015 Nuno da Luz, “One might say that a firework is nothing other than a tree or a big artificial flower that grows, blooms, and dies in the course of a few seconds. After that it withers and falls to the ground in unrecognizable shreds. Well then, let us take this firework and make it last a month, stretching the time element but leaving everything else as is. What we get will be a flower, with all the visual characteristics of other flowers. Or let us imagine the seed of a tree might explode like a bomb.”, 2015 Photo-luminiscent screenprint on paper. 100 × 70 cm. Exhibition view: Wilderness, Vera Cortês Art Agency, 2015
Nuno da Luz, O nosso silêncio é um aviso / O nosso silêncio é sólido, 2011. Wall heaters, flanel curtains, computer, sound, amplifier, loudspeakers. 5’50”, 4’59” (loop). Each part is followed by the same duration of silence. Exhibition view, Vera Cortês Art Agency, 2012 Nuno da Luz, O nosso silêncio é um aviso / O nosso silêncio é sólido, 2011. Wall heaters, flanel curtains, computer, sound, amplifier, loudspeakers. 5’50”, 4’59” (loop). Each part is followed by the same duration of silence. Exhibition view, Vera Cortês Art Agency, 2012
Nuno da Luz, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2. Oktober 2009, 2012. Silkscreen on blueback paper 174 × 109.6 cm Nuno da Luz, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2. Oktober 2009, 2012. Silkscreen on blueback paper 174 × 109.6 cm
Nuno da Luz, 360 horas, 2009. Stereo microphone outside the space, cables, digital recorder, headphone amplifier, headphones, felt curtain, chairs, reading lamps, photocopy on paper. Dimensions and duration variable. Exhibition view: O Sol morre cedo, Pavilhão Branco – Museu da Cidade, Lisbon Nuno da Luz, 360 horas, 2009. Stereo microphone outside the space, cables, digital recorder, headphone amplifier, headphones, felt curtain, chairs, reading lamps, photocopy on paper. Dimensions and duration variable. Exhibition view: O Sol morre cedo, Pavilhão Branco – Museu da Cidade, Lisbon
Nuno da Luz, Nord/Ost, 2010. Left channel: recordings of the North Sea (Nordsee), in H.rnum, island of Sylt, Germany. Right channel: recordings of the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the Jasmund National Park, island of Rügen, Germany. Audioplayer, mixer, rack, cables, loudspeakers, stands. Dimensions variable, 11’10’’ (loop). Exhibition view: in Sardegna tutto è tondo, 2010 Nuno da Luz, Nord/Ost, 2010. Left channel: recordings of the North Sea (Nordsee), in H.rnum, island of Sylt, Germany. Right channel: recordings of the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the Jasmund National Park, island of Rügen, Germany. Audioplayer, mixer, rack, cables, loudspeakers, stands. Dimensions variable, 11’10’’ (loop). Exhibition view: in Sardegna tutto è tondo, 2010

Zoom 1 / 22 Nuno da Luz, Wave Turbulence on Thin Plate – Nazaré Oceanic Buoy, 2019. Wind gong vibrating according to ocean wave turbulence gathered by the Nazaré oceanic buoy between September 2017 and September 2018, and compressed into 60 minutes. Gong, sisal rope, contact speaker, loudspeaker cable, amplifier, sound. 60′ (loop), dimensions variable

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Nuno da Luz (Lisbon, 1984) lives and works in Berlin. Artist and publisher, his work circumscribes both aural and visual in the form of events, installations and printed matter; the latter mostly distributed through the publisher atlas Projectos (run together with artists André Romão and Gonçalo Sena) and the record label Palmario Recordings (run together with the artist Joana Escoval). He recently completed the Master Program of Experimentation in Art and Politics speap at Sciences Po, Paris, and founded coyote, a cross-cutting collective working on print, film, lectures and other experimental forms (together with artists Tristan Bera and Ana Vaz, journalist Elida Høeg and editor Clémence Seurat).
Recent projects include performing live “with Assisted Resonance” in Ficarra (Italy), Paris, New York, Porto and Berlin; as well as  solo show “environments” at Solar – Galeria de Arte Cinemática, in Vila do Conde. Individual exhibitions include RWSNK ECHOS, Kunstraum Botschaft, (Berlin, 2017), Sud e Magia, Syntax (Lisbon, 2016), Wilderness, Galeria Vera Cortês (Lisbon, 2015), laissez vibrer at enblanco projektraum (Berlin, 2013) and cave/Solar (Vila do Conde, 2013), and “O nosso silêncio é um aviso, o nosso silêncio é sólido” at Vera Cortês Art Agency (Lisbon, 2012). Recent group shows include “cidra da luz escoval manso mendes romão sena”, AR Sólido (Lisbon, 2015), “Ficarra_Contemporary Divan”, Palazzo Milio (Ficarra, 2015), “A polyphonic wave of of concrete materials flowing through the air”, Espaço Artes (Porto, 2014), and “12 Contemporaries: Present States”, Serralves Museum (Porto, 2014). He has also participated in various residency programmes such as the Cité internationale des arts (2015), Residency Unlimited (2014), and Sound Art Braunschweig Projects (2013).

Nuno da Luz (Lisboa, 1984) vive e trabalha em Lisboa. Artista e publicador, o seu trabalho cirscunscreve tanto o auditivo como o visual na forma de eventos sonoros, instalações e material impresso; estes últimos na sua maioria distribuídos pela publicadora atlas Projectos (em conjunto com André Romão e Gonçalo Sena) e pela editora discográfica Palmario Recordings (em conjunto com Joana Escoval). Recentemente terminou o programa de mestrado Experimentação em Arte e Política speap em Sciences Po, Paris e fundou o colectivo pluridisciplinar coyote, que investiga novas formas de comum-ificação (criar comunidade) via publicações, filmes, conferências e outros formatos experimentais (em conjunto com os artistas Tristan Bera e Ana Vaz, a jornalista Elida Høeg e a editora Clémence Seurat). Projectos mais recentes incluem as performances ao vivo “com Ressonância Assistida” em Ficarra (Itália), Paris, Nova Iorque, Porto e Berlim; assim como a sua exposição individual environments no Solar – Galeria de Arte Cinemática, em Vila do Conde. Outras exposições individuais incluem RWSNK ECHOS, Kunstraum Botschaft, (Berlim, 2017), Sud e Magia, Syntax (Lisboa, 2016), Wilderness, Galeria Vera Cortês (Lisboa, 2015), laissez vibrer, enblanco projektraum (Berlim, 2013) e cave/Solar (Vila do Conde, 2013), e “O nosso silêncio é um aviso, o nosso silêncio é sólido”, Vera Cortês Art Agency (Lisboa, 2012). Exposições colectivas mais recentes incluem, entre outras,  “cidra da luz escoval manso mendes romão sena”, AR Sólido (Lisboa, 2015), “Ficarra_Contemporary Divan”, Palazzo Milio (Ficarra, 2015), “A polyphonic wave of of concrete materials flowing through the air”, Espaço Artes (Porto, 2014),  e “12 Contemporaries: Present States”, Museu de Serralves (Porto, 2014). Tem participado em diversos programas de residência, nomeadamente, Cité internationale des arts (2015), Residency Unlimited (2014),  e Sound Art Braunschweig Projects (2013).

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