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GeoMusic – Sacred Geometry applied to Music
Rui Gato
OPEN CLASS
APRIL 1ST OF 2025, 1.30PM
ROOM 34 OF EP1 – ESAD.CR
Master in Arts of Sound and Image
Lab II – Sonic Arts
This open class aims to introduce the concept of Musical Geometry, from the point of view of audiovisual creation and the research of a possible translation between geometric proportions and harmonies, and musical frequencies and harmonic relationships. I present the open-source composition tool GeoMusica, created during the research that has been ongoing since 2016, with some practical examples explored in real time, after a first quick approach to the thinking and inspiration underlying the project.
Rui Gato
After studying Architecture, Rui Gato chose the path of Music and Sound Design in 1998. Since then, he has been developing a multidisciplinary work of sonic laboratory, having the modulation of the sonic matter and the exploration of its limits as the main conceptual basis. His professional and artistic activities center on realtime musical composition and human / machine interfaces. Since 2007 started also exploring the motion design, interactivity and synthetic image generation areas. He has been studying Sacred Geometry since 2016, and developing a research on Geometrical Music, using visual coding tools. Nowadays he uses as a main tool the visual coding language TouchDesigner.
He co-started the production company Horse On Wheels (HOW), was co-director of the company ALTA International, author of the projects Elastic Void and Outersites, co-participant of the projects Plat|::|Form and Houselab, and member of the JGM theatre company. He now has the role of Lab Director at OCUBO, with the aim of building up the Lab division of this international renowned studio based in Portugal.