Rua de Passos Manuel
Se A Minha Voz Falasse
Fá Maria
Audiovisual Installation, approx. duration 10'
To enter the artwork, you need to be in the designated area. Please share your location.
Recommendations
For a better experience, we recommend the use of headphones.
Synopsis
'Se A Minha Voz Falasse' is an audiovisual installation composed from the testimonies of queer and trans people about their experiences in the city of Porto. Through listening, words, and sound creation, the project affectively maps the relationships between body, memory, identity, and urban space, reflecting on the intersections between nightlife and daytime, and between physical and digital spaces. The piece portrays a historical and contemporary Porto, centring queer and trans voices and experiences. Stories from the past and present, as well as visions of a desired future, intersect to form an emotional, sensory, and political mapping of the city, where each voice, each sound, and each beat contribute to physically and digitally mapping a queer and trans Porto — sometimes invisible, but influential in shaping the fabric of the city.
Biography
Fá Maria, also known as HAUT, is an artist and composer whose practice spans musical composition, audiovisual installation, and artistic research. Their work explores the intersection of identity, voice, technology, and queer embodiment, creating pieces that move between the intimate and the political. Holding a PhD in Computational Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London, Fá Maria originally trained in medicine and worked as a psychiatrist before fully dedicating themself to their artistic practice.
How to get there
Find the totem stand installed next to the traffic lights in front of the Coliseu Porto ageas.
Coordinates
41.146730, -8.605600