ode — orquestra de dispositivos eletrónicos presents odeon

ODE is a project that has been renewing itself every year, with new trainers and new participants. This is a project open to the general community, with no limits of age or musical knowledge. In 2023, the artistic direction of this informal ensemble is in charge of musician and artist Ece Canlı. In April, ODE was part of the gnration’s 10th anniversary celebrations, at the Open Day, where it joined a group of students from the Conservatório de Música Calouste Gulbenkian de Braga. For the last performance of the year, called ODEON, this ensemble presents a show that will feature visuals by visual artist and photographer from Braga Maria João Salgado.

ece canlı

Turkish artist, musician and researcher living in Portugal, Ece Canlı explores in her artistic practice the liminal states of agonized and demonized bodies, counter-factual narrativity, bodily and mental delinking, and extralinguistic expressions through vocal techniques. She has collaborated with several national and international artists and created soundtracks for performances, exhibitions and video. She collaborates in projects such as COBRACORAL, Live Low and NOOITO.

maria joão salgado

Photographer and visual artist, Maria João Salgado (1992) develops projects focusing on documentary photographic language, mainly on human rights and oppressed communities. Her latest work in this area developed around refugee women in Western Sahara, was published in the newspaper Público and was a finalist in the International Photography Festival Encontros da Imagem in 2020. Currently, she is focused on a more intimate work exploring different artistic approaches and has exhibited in several festivals internationally and nationally. In 2022, she was distinguished in the “30 under 30 women photographers” promoted by Artpil – Profile of Arts and nominated to be part of FUTURES Talents 2022, by FUTURES, a photography platform co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union.