tree-dimensional is an interactive installation that was born from the observation and regular photographic recording of a tree over the course of a year. About twice a month, the tree has been photographed around its stem, and a stop-motion video of it rotating has been created, as seen from below.

As tree-dimensional works like a hand-crank music box, it is possible either to pause at a specific moment and feel each audiovisual change or to constantly oscillate between accelerations – it can be, for those who desire it, a process of listening and contemplation.

The work does not intend to establish a relationship with the tree but rather with its memory, which, although explicitly captured in a photograph, is also distorted and exaggerated by the time and context in which we find ourselves.

(tree-dimensional is part of my master's project “Beyond technology in interactive audiovisual work: understanding their inherent metaphors”, and performative activations for voice and body movement were composed to it)

Ponto Vermelho is a letter written in real-time by 'Who Knows' to 'You', and its writing time and conclusion are dependent on the space, time, and presence of whoever reads it.

This work is a web art installation that cries out for our focus on the present moment, conflicting with our growing need for quick content and our frequent perception of time passing too fast.

(somehow inspired by The Artist is Present by Marina Abramović)

facial_unit.pde is an interactive installation that presents a stream of images captured via a webcam and showcased on a screen within a public setting.The faces and expressions of the individuals who interact with the installation are stored, aligned, and superimposed in real-time, creating a collective and dynamic representation that merges their identities into a composite portrait.

The installation seeks to understand the demographic diversity of these same individuals, highlighting and questioning the concept of community, as well as its intrinsic diversity.

The artwork aims to challenge the viewer to reflect upon this average human figure located in the exhibition space, and the increased adoption of facial recognition technology for surveillance, monitoring and military purposes, questioning evasion techniques and their ethical and social implications.

(this work was created in collaboration with Daniel Martins and João Simões, as part of the Master in Interactive Media)

9075iAHR explores Transhumanism, with a focus on the prefix 'trans', derived from the verb 'transcend'— something that goes beyond common boundaries.

The project is based on Blaise Pascal's premise, "L'homme passe l'homme", which translates to "Man transcends himself".

In 9075iAHR the exhibition space becomes an extrapolation and distorted extension of the visitors, creating a loop. It includes projection on three walls, as well as three central pieces that work as a single composition representing the physical essence of technological hardware, an awareness of it, and creating something that the audience can interact with, encompassing all devices used in this interactive audiovisual project, and providing control (whether real, fake, or accidental) to the public.

(this work was created in collaboration with Daniel Martins and João Simões, as part of the Master in Interactive Media)

Septem is a portrait of the seven deadly sins.

It doesn't aim to be a portrait of the actions that arise as a sin's consequence; it aims to be a portrait of its interior, simultaneously in its simplest and most complex form. What does feel look like? How do we make it visible?

Through this bust, which represents Humanity, with shapes, colours and a lot of cultural symbolism, we speculate an image of the feeling that dwells in each of the sins. And we invite the audience to speculate with us, projecting these visual metaphors within themselves.

(this work was created in collaboration with Beatriz Nogueira and Beatriz Paiva for the CINANIMA LAB – an exhibition of ESMAD's work at Cinanima Festival)

If we draw a horizontal line above and below Portugal from one end to the other of a world map, we create a rectangle that fully or partially encompasses approximately seventeen countries.

In the room where the installation takes place, there is a horizontal line on the floor representing the space of the rectangle drawn on the world map.

When visitors stand on this line, audiovisual content about the country corresponding to that location emerges: visually, presenting facts and curiosities; audibly, playing broadcasts from local radio stations.

(this work was created as part of the Master in Interactive Media)