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Adriana Sá holds a PhD in Arts and Computing from Goldsmiths, University of London (2016) and a graduation degree in Fine Arts from the University of Lisbon (1996). She is a transdisciplinary artist, performer-composer-musician as well as editor-in-chief of the Live Interfaces journal. Her research bridges artistic practice, interaction design, audio-visual theory, neuroscience and experimental psychology. She published with Routledge (2022), MIT (Leonardo Almanac/ 2013 and Leonardo Transactions/ 2015 & Leonardo/ 2023), the Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts (2015), McGraw Hill Education (2012) and Documenta (2023), beyond xCoAx - Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X (2014/ 17/ 19) and NIME - Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (2007/ 14), among others. She chaired the International Conference on Live Live Interfaces in 2022 and 2014, and was the lead editor of a related e-book. Sá has been an invited professor at Coimbra University (2016-18), at ESAD / Upper School for Arts and Design (2016-2021), Lusófona University Lisbon (2016-2021) and Noroff University College (2024). Currently she is a member of the board at Lusófona and a member of CICANT - Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture and New Technologies. Simultaneously she continues to develop her artistic projects. Sá found early recognition as a transdisciplinary artist, musician-performer-composer. Her custom instrumentation emerged in the context of residencies at STEIM, Metronom Electronic Arts Studio and Experimental Intermedia Foundation NY. In the 1990s she started using sensor technologies to explore sound connected to light, space, movement, architecture, weather and social context. Since 2008 she works with an audio-visual instrument that combines a custom zither and software that processes sound and image based on the zither sound, extending the physical space to a digital 3D world. Sá’s artistic projects have been presented worldwide, in venues such as Aomori Contemporary Art Center in Japan; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Serralves Museum, Maria Matos Theatre, Bairro Alto Theatre, Chiado Museum, Casa da Música, Culturgest, Luzboa Biannual and Rivoli Theatre in Portugal; Caixa Forum, Arteleku and Museo Vostel in Spain; Institute of Contemporary Arts and Iklectic in the UK; Monty in Belgium; Experimental Intermedia Foundation and EyeBeam in NY. Her performances and installations were also presented in contexts such as the Circular Festival, Colina Project, Lisboa Soa Festival and Dar a Ouvir Festival (Pt); Ultrasound Festival, Atlantic Waves Festival and xxxxx (U.K.), Version Beta (Switzerland) and Festival Novas Frequências (Brasil). In addition to her shows, Sá produced and mixed two CDs released by Clean Feed, and participated with audio tracks in CDs released by EMF (State of the Union, 2000), MoMa (Volume: Bed of Sound, 2001) and The Wire (Atlantic Waves, 2005), among others. Complete info: http://adrianasa.org
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Adriana Sá

Citation names

  • Sá, Adriana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D11A-9982-0F8E
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3919-3121

Email addresses

  • adriana.sa@ulusofona.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
German Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2)
French Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2011/05/01 - 2016/11/05
Concluded
 Arts and Computational Technologies/ Dep. of Computing (Doktor (PhD))
Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom
""A Perceptual Approach to Audio-Visual Instrument Design, Composition and Performance"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1996
Concluded
 Artes Plásticas-Pintura + Artes Plásticas-Escultura (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/09 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2024/01/22 - 2024/02/02 Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher) Noroff University, Norway
2016/10 - 2021 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2016/09 - 2020/09 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009 - 2011 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022 - Current Live Interfaces: human body, natural environment and mediation (funded by Universidade Lusófona/ FCT)
10.54499/UIDB/05260/2020
Principal investigator
Universidade Lusófona, Portugal

Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Comunicação Aplicada Cultura e Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
Universidade Lusófona
Ongoing
2013 - 2019 Collaborative development of musical work: "Timespine" Republica Portuguesa Direção-Geral das Artes
Concluded
2011 - 2016 A Perceptual Approach to Audio-Visual Instrument Design, Composition and Performance
SFRH/BD/68632/2010
PhD Student Fellow
Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/06 - 2014/06 Chairing and organisation of "Interface - International Conference on Live Interfaces"
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008 - 2008 Project series involving instrument design, composition and collaborative performances: "Window Matter" Direcção Geral das Artes
Concluded
2008 - 2008 Collaborative creation of an interactive installation: "Emotional Object" Direcção Geral das Artes
Concluded
2007 - 2007 Instrument design, composition and interactive installation: "Thresholds" Direcção Geral das Artes

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Fundação Luso-Americana
2006 - 2006 Creation of an interactive urban installation: "Meta(local)morphose" Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Luzboa Biennale
Concluded
2005 - 2006 Creation of site-specific performance-installations with the sounding light instrument (light sensors and Lisa software) and the bodiless instrument (long amplified strings): "Moment in Movement" IA - Instituto das Artes
Concluded
2004 - 2005 Project series that explored the versatility of the sounding light instrument and the bodiless instrument so as to connect music, light, physical space and movement: "Metaparallax" IA - Instituto das Artes

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Concluded
2002 - 2004 Project-series with instruments that connected music, light, architecture and movement: "Parallax" The Kirkless Media Center Huddersfield

Instituto Português das Artes do Espectáculo

Aomori Contemporary Art Center

Centro Nacional de Cultura

Fundação Oriente
Concluded
2000 - 2002 Project series that explored the in-between territories of sound, body movement, visual arts and video: "This Is Just To Do" IAC - Instituto de Arte Contemporânea

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Fundação Luso-Americana

Instituto Português das Artes do Espectáculo

European CoDaCo Fund
Concluded
1999 - 2002 Interchange Formats - Artistic Collaboration Practices
.
 CBK - Centre of Fine Arts

Instituto Camões
1999 - 2000 Development of the sounding Light Instrument (light sensors, i-cube and Lisa software) IAC - Instituto de Arte Contemporânea

Instituto Camões
1997 - 1999 Project series exploring the conflict between a speech about art and the experience of an art: "Sensations Laboratories", partially developed with the Bolsa Ernesto de Sousa Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

IAC - Instituto de Arte Contemporânea

Fundação Luso-Americana

Experimental Intermedia Foundation
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/11 - 2021/11 Creation of a site-specific, urban installation for the series Sound Circuits 2021, curated by Eufonia and supported by the Camara Municipal de Lisboa. It was called "Space Torsion"
Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal

Eufonia, Portugal
Camara Municipal de Lisboa
Concluded
2020 - 2020 Commission to create a sound piece to inaugurate the music webcast from Culturgest, during the pandemia 2020: "Agora" Culturgest
Concluded
2019 - 2020 Collaborative composition/ performance with Ricardo Jacinto and Yaw Tembe, shown at Teatro do Bairro Alto (TBA), in Lisbon and at Museu Hostel, Malpartida, Spain: "Coral Furtivo"
n/a
Principal investigator
Camara Municipal de Lisboa

Museu Vostel
Concluded
2019 - 2019 Creation of a site-specific sound installation for the cloister of the Convento de S. Francisco in Coimbra: "Habitat" Convento de S. Francisco
2017 - 2019 Collaborative project series involving instrument design, composition and performance: "String Practices"
2018 - 2018 Creation of a collaborative performance: "Entretons" Teatro Maria Matos
2017 - 2017 Collaborative creation of a site-specific installation and a site-specific performance, in a Greenhouse, Lisbon Camara Municipal de Lisboa
Concluded
2003 - 2003 Project series that explored different ways of making the physical space sensitive and reactive: "Parallax Deviation" Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023 - Current ScratchBuilt Sound Lab
n/a
Principal investigator
2020 - Current Collaborative project series involving instrument design, composition and performances: "Favela Real"
n/a
Principal investigator
Goldsmiths University of London
2014 - Current Iterative development of an audio-visual 3D software, which operates based on a custom zither input
2012 - Current Live Visualism
n/a
Researcher
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Sá, Adriana. A Perceptual Approach to Audio-Visual Instrument Design, Composition and Performance. 2016.
    https://doi.org/10.25602/GOLD.00019431
Book chapter
  1. Sá, Adriana. "Using Videogame Technologies in New Interfaces for Musical Expression: Interaction Designs, Audio-Visual Relationships and Perceptual Experience". In Teaching Sound for the 21st Century, edited by Elena Rusinova; J. Harry Whalley; Luis Claudio Ribeiro; Michael Kowalski; Samuel Larson Guerra. 2023.
    In press
  2. Sá, Adriana. "Expressão Sonora, Mediação e Perceção". In A Experiência Sonora: da Linearidade à Circularidade, edited by Luis Claudio Ribeiro, 139-171. Portugal, 2023.
    Published
  3. Sá, Adriana. "In The Book of X, pp. 313-316". In The Book of X. i2ADS - Research Institute in Art, Design and Society & Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 2023.
    Published
  4. Sá, Adriana; Tanaka, Atau. "A Parametric Model for Audio-Visual Instrument Design, Composition and Performance". In Live Visuals - History, Theory, Practice. Routledge, 2022.
  5. Sá, Adriana. "A Method to Analyse Sound Art and Audio-Visual Performance". In Audiovisual e Indústrias Criativas: presente e futuro, 575-589. McGraw Hill Education, 2021.
    Published
  6. Sá, Adriana. "How An Audio-Visual Instrument Can Foster the Sonic Experience". In Live Visuals for Performance, Gaming, Installation, and Electronic Environments/ Leonardo Special Issue, 284-305. MIT Press, 2013.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Sá, Adriana. "Designing Musical Expression". Paper presented in xCoAx – Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X, 2017.
    Published
  2. Sá, Adriana. "Repurposing Video Game Software for Musical Expression: a perceptual approach". Paper presented in NIME - New Interfaces for Musical Expression, London, 2014.
    Published
  3. Sá, Adriana; Tanaka, Atau; Caramieux, Baptiste. "A Study About Confounding Causation in Audio-Visual Mapping". Paper presented in xCoAx – Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X, 2014.
Edited book
  1. Sá, Adriana. Proceedings of INTER-FACE: International Conference on Live Interfaces (ICLI 2014). 2015.
Encyclopedia entry
  1. Sá, Adriana. "Human Cognition". In Momentary Monument | Prospective Lexicon. Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2025.
    Accepted
Journal article
  1. Sá, Adriana. "Transdisciplinarity, Composition, Expression: Reflections on a Spherical Way of Thinking". Leonardo 57 1 (2024): 33-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_02472.
    Open access • Published • 10.1162/leon_a_02472
  2. Carvalhais, Miguel. "Edition of "Computational Art, Dematerialisation and Embodiment" by Miguel Carvalhais". Live Interfaces journal 1 (2023): https://liveinterfacesjournal.ulusofona.pt/publications/#volume1 & https://liveinterfacesjournal.ulusofona.pt/computational-art-dematerialisation-and-embodiment.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.60543/liveinterfacesjournal.v1i1.9136 • Editor
  3. Michelle Lewis-King. "Edition of "Resonant Embodiments: Listening to the Transcultural Body" by Michelle Lewis-King". Live Interfaces journal 1 (2023): https://liveinterfacesjournal.ulusofona.pt/publications/#volume1 & https://liveinterfacesjournal.ulusofona.pt/resonant-embodiments-listening-to-the-transcultural-body.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.60543/liveinterfacesjournal.v1i1.9147 • Editor
  4. Lee, Rosemary. "Edition of "Synthetic Images: Data-based Aesthetics" by Rosemary Lee". Live Interfaces journal 1 (2023): https://liveinterfacesjournal.ulusofona.pt/publications/#volume1 & https://liveinterfacesjournal.ulusofona.pt/synthetic-images-data-based-aesthetics.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.60543/liveinterfacesjournal.v1i1.9143 • Editor
  5. Alexandros Drymonitis. "Edition of "Creating Music Scores Live Through Interacting with a Character-level Text Generator" by Alexandros Drymonitis". Live Interfaces journal 1 (2023): https://liveinterfacesjournal.ulusofona.pt/publications/#volume1 & https://liveinterfacesjournal.ulusofona.pt/creating-music-scores-live-through-interacting-with-a-character-level-text-generator.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.60543/liveinterfacesjournal.v1i1.9144 • Editor
  6. Sá, Adriana. "Transdisiciplinarity, Composition, Expression: Reflections of a Spherical Way of Thinking / online version". Leonardo 57 1 (2023): https://direct.mit.edu/leon/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/leon_a_02472/117719/Transdisciplinarity-Composition-Expression?redirectedFrom=fulltext.
    Open access • Published
  7. Sá, Adriana; Tanaka, Atau. "The Variables of Spatial Presence: A Parametric Model". xCoAx 2019 (2019): http://2019.xcoax.org/pdf/xCoAx2019-Sa.pdf.
    Published
  8. Sá, Adriana. "Exploring Disparities between Acoustic and Digital Outputs". Journal Of Science And Technology Of The Arts 6 No. 1 (2014): 85-96 (2014): https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_01009.
    doi: 10.1162/LEON_a_01009
  9. Sá, Adriana; Tanaka, Atau; Caramieux, Baptiste. "The Fungible Audio-Visual Mapping and its Experience". Journal Of Science And Technology Of The Arts 6 No. 1 (2014): 85-96 (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.7559/citarj.v6i1.131.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.7559/citarj.v6i1.13
Journal issue
  1. Sá, Adriana. "Live Interfaces journal (director, designer & editor)". Live Interfaces journal (2023): https://liveinterfacesjournal.ulusofona.pt & https://liveinterfacesjournal.ulusofona.pt/publications/#volume1.
    Published • Editor

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition
  1. ECO ( ) LAPSO > contribution with an audio piece. 2024.
  2. Sá, Adriana; John Klima. Space Torsion | https://eufonia.io/adrianasa-johnklima. 2021.
  3. Adriana Sá (D11A-9982-0F8E); Klima, John. Habitat | http://adrianasa.org/docu_img/cloisterworks.htm. 2019.
  4. Adriana Sá; John Klima. To Agitate the Water to Better See in Depth | http://adrianasa.org/docu_img/LS.htm. 2017.
  5. Adriana Sá; John Klima; Sofia Oliveira; Jared Hakney. Emotional Object | http://www.cityarts.com/emotionalobject/. 2009.
  6. Thresholds | http://adrianasa.org/docu_img/_homeT.htm. 2007.
  7. Meta(local)morphosis | http://adrianasa.org/docu_img/LB.htm. 2006.
  8. Parallax # 1: Lightlandsoundscape | http://adrianasa.org/texts_w_menu/introlayer1new.htm#p1. 2002.
Artistic performance
  1. 2024. Adriana Sá & Pedro Melo Alves at Indie by Night. Sala Lisa, Lisbon.
  2. Sá, Adriana; Michelle Lewis-King; Maria do Mar. 2024. Encounter. Sala Fernando Lopes / Universidade Lusófona de Lisboa.
  3. Sá, Adriana; Felice Furioso. 2023. Favela Real #4.9 (Descomposição) | https://adrianasa.org/_videos.html. SMUP.
  4. Sá, Adriana; Tanaka, Atau. 2022. Favela Real #4 | https://adrianasa.org/_videos.html. Iclectik.
  5. Sá, Adriana; Nuno Rebelo; Arnold Noid. 2021. ABC. Braço de Prata.
  6. 2021. Participation in (Re)Existência | https://vimeo.com/661786349/e98598b42c. Teatro do Bairro Alto.
  7. Adriana Sá (D11A-9982-0F8E); John Klima; Atau Tanaka; Josephine Berry. 2021. Favela Real #2.1 | https://adrianasa.org/docu_img/favelareal.htm. Útero.
  8. Adriana Sá; John Klima. 2021. Favela Real #1 | https://adrianasa.org/docu_img/favelareal.htm. Penha.sco.
  9. Adriana Sá; John Klima. 2020. Lugar Elástico | http://www.lisboasoa.com/adriana-sa-e-john-klima-lugar-elastico/. Festival Lisboa Soa / Goethe Institut.
  10. Adriana Sá; Ricardo Jacinto; Yaw Tembe. 2020. Coral Furtivo #2 | http://adrianasa.org/coralfurtivo.htm. Museu Vostel.
  11. Adriana Sá; Ricardo Jacinto; Yaw Tembe. 2019. Coral Furtivo #1 | http://adrianasa.org/docu_img/coralfurtivo.htm. Teatro do Bairro Alto, Lisbon, Portugal.
  12. Adriana Sá; John Klima. 2018. String Practices # 1, #2.1, #2.2 & #2.3 | http://adrianasa.org/docu_img/stringpractice.htm. Casa da Música & Jardim Botânico de Coimbra & Silos Contentor Criativo & New Art Fest, Picadeiro.
  13. Adriana Sá; Tiago Sousa; Diana Combo. 2017. Entresons | https://vimeo.com/267062988. Teatro Maria Matos & O'Culto da Ajuda.
  14. 2016. Included Middle | http://adrianasa.org/research/AG2.htm. Museu de Angra do Heroísmo & STEIM.
  15. Adriana Sá; John Klima; Tó Trips. 2015. Timespine #9 | http://adrianasa.org/docu_img/timespine.htm. Festival Novas Frequências, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
  16. Adriana Sá; John Klima. 2007. Window Matter | http://adrianasa.org/docu_img/_windowmatter.htm. Teatro S. Luis & CAM/ Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian & Festival Bang &. Musicbox.
  17. 2005. Parallax # 3,3: Enlightening Mills | http://adrianasa.org/texts_w_menu/introlayer1new.htm#p33. Ultrasound Festival, Huddersfield, UK.
  18. 2003. Parallax # 2.9, Extendelasticinfinite | http://adrianasa.org/texts_w_menu/introlayer1new.htm#p29. T-U-B-E, Muenchen, Germany.
  19. 2003. Parallax # 3. 5: Musicshadowtheatre | http://adrianasa.org/texts_w_menu/introlayer1new.htm#p35. Festival Nouvellum, Toulouse, France.
  20. Adriana Sá; Isabelle Schad; Erin McGonigle; Toshio Kajiwara; Ludger Lamers; Ella Raidel; Alexandra Bachzetsis. 2002. This Is Just To Do Part 3.3 | http://adrianasa.org/docu_img/TIJTD.htm. Bottleraij Theatre, Brussels, Belgium.
  21. Adriana Sá; Isabelle Schad; Erin McGonigle; Ludger Lamers; Ella Raidel; Alexandra Bachzetsis. 2002. This Is Just To Do Part 3.4 | http://adrianasa.org/docu_img/TIJTD.htm. Dam Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium.
  22. Adriana Sá; Isabelle Schad. 2001. This Is Just To Do Part 2.1 | http://adrianasa.org/docu_img/TIJTD.htm. Monty, Antwuerp, Belgium.
  23. 1999. Sensations Laboratory #3 | http://adrianasa.org/docu_img/SL.htm. Experimental Intermedia Foundation NYC.
Audio recording
  1. Adriana Sá. 2020. "Agora | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF_oGtKbryI&t=1370s". Culturgest.
  2. Adriana Sá; John Klima; Tó Trips. 2018. "Timespine Urban Season | http://shhpuma.com/product/timespine-urban-season/". In Timespine Urban Season, Clean Feed.
  3. Adriana Sá; John Klima; Tó Trips. 2013. "Timespine | http://shhpuma.com/product/adriana-sa-to-trips-john-klima-timespine-2". In Timespine, Clean Feed.
  4. Sá, Adriana. 2005. "Adriana Sá in Atlantic Waves | https://www.thewire.co.uk/issues/15563/exploratory-music-from-portugal-05". In Atlantic Waves – Exporatory Music from Portugal, The Wire.
  5. Sá, Adriana; Elliott Sharp (Producer). 2001. "Adriana Sá in Volume: Bed of Sound | https://www.discogs.com/Various-Volume-Bed-Of-Sound/release/1597863". In Volume: Bed of Sound, MoMa.
  6. Sá, Adriana; Elliott Sharp (Producer). 2001. "Adriana Sá in State of the Union | http://tammen.org/cd-elliott-sharp-prod-state-of-the-union-2001/". In State of the Union, EMF.

Other

Other output
  1. Report to FCT and EU: Live Interfaces journal. Film EU deliverable. 2024. Sá, Adriana; Flores, Victor.
Research technique
  1. Analysis of Sound Design - Podcast about the film "Os Mutantes" (1998) | https://arquivomunicipal.lisboa.pt/atividades-e-difusao/projetos/topografias-imaginarias/o-som-da-cidade-no-cinema-2022/os-mutantes. Researcher. Sá, Adriana.
    Researcher
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11/13 A Notion of Expression and a Sphere of Creative Concernss
Escola Superior de Artes e Design/ Instituto. Politécnico de Leiria (Caldasda Rainha, Portugal)
2023/12 Chapter presentation: Expressão Sonora, Mediação e Percepção Talk at the launch of the book "Experiência Sonora"
Cinemateca (Portugal)
2023/02 Live Interfaces: the organization of ICLI 2022 (presentation to FIlmEU partners) Design and Distraction
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
2023/01/30 Report: International Conference on Live Interfaces 2022 | https://liveinterfaces.ulusofona.pt | (presentation at Lunch with Science) Lunch With Science
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
2022/11 Effort, Continuity, Fit: Parameters to describe audiovisual performance Visualism
British Film Institute (United Kingdom)
2022/11 How an Understanding of Expression Informs the Creation of Musical Instruments
Goldsmiths, University of London (United Kingdom)
2022/10 When Creating the Medium is Part of the Artwork
ZDB & CADA (Portugal)
2022/05 A Notion of Musical Expression and an Artistic Creation Process Ciclo de Conversas Design + Multimedia
Coimbra University
2021/06 A Method for the Analysis of Sound Art and Áudio-visual Performance
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
2020/12 Uma Noção de Expressão Sonora Semana do Audiovisual e Multimedia
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
2019 The Variables of Spatial Presence xCoAx – Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X
Fabrica del Vapore (Italy)
2019 Creative Principles for the Development of Musical instruments Som Desorganizado
Sonoscopia (Portugal)
2017 Designing Musical Expression xCoAx – Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X
Faculdade de Belas Artes / Universidade de Lisboa
2016 An Audio-Visual Instrument and Performance Language Musical Organics Symposium
STEIM (Netherlands)
2014 A Study About Confounding Causation in Audio-Visual Mapping xCoAx – Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X
Biblioteca Municipal do Porto
2014 A Perceptual Approach to Audio-Visual Instrument Design and Composition Real Time Visuals Conference
Tyneside Cinema (United Kingdom)
2012 How the Audio-Visual Can Modulate Rather Than Obfuscate the Sonic Experience International Conference on Live Interfaces 2012
University of Leeds (United Kingdom)
2012 Questioning the Presuppositions that govern Videogame Technologies: a musical approach Ciclo de Conversas
Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia/ Universidade de Coimbra
2009 Collaborative Artistic Practices Terraz
Seconde Nature (France)
2008 From a Sounding Light Instrument to an Audio-Visual Instrument that Repurposes Videogame Technologies UM Festival
2008 The Role of Complexity in Perfomative Expression Upgrade!
Galeria Lisboa 20
2005 Parallax: Connecting Sounds, Lights and Sites xxxxx Conference
ICA - Institute for Contemporary Arts (United Kingdom)
2002 Reconciling Extremes: In-Between Art, Design and Architecture Do-group meeting
(Finland)
2001 Sound-Architecture and Architectural Sound
AA - Architectural Association (United Kingdom)
2001 Body-Space and Space-Body D-fusion: fusion and diffusion in contemporary urban fabric
Finlandia Hall (Finland)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/11 - Current PhD by Ana Mafalda Roma/ title not confirmed yet
Supervisor
 Acoustic Ecology & Documentary Film (PhD)
Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2022 - Current PhD "Cinematic Contact Zone: on live-editing practice in participatory documentary filmmaking with Portuguese-speaking diasporic artists in Lisbon" by Natalia Gondim
Supervisor
 Live Cinema and Multiculturalism in Lisbon (PhD)
Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2021 - Current PhD Co-Supervision / Pedro Rosa (Research about audio-visual performance)
Co-supervisor
 PhD
Universidade de Coimbra Colégio das Artes, Portugal
2021 - 2023/07/20 Master thesis "Arte Sonora e Transdisciplinaridade" by Nikolas Ferrandis
Supervisor
 Produção e Tecnologias do Som (Master)
Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2020 - 2023/04/18 Master thesis "Audiodescrição, Percepção e Simulação Binaural" by Felipe Borges
Supervisor
 Sound Production and Technologies (Master)
Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2019/09 - 2022/12/19 Master thesis "Atmosmancer e Weather-World Harps: Sonificações e Encontros Instrumentais com a Poluição do Ar e o Atmosférico" by Ivo Louro
Supervisor
 Produção e Tecnologias do Som (Master)
Universidade Lusófona, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2014 - Current International Conference on Live Interfaces 2014 | https://adrianasa.org/research/ICLI_2014-Proceedings.pdf (2014)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
2024/11/01 - 2024/11/19 Masterclass with Katie Down, Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, Somatic Psychotherapist, Sound Artist (within the Master in Sound classes) (2024/11/19 - 2024/11/19)
Other
 Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2024/05 - 2024/05 Masterclass with Diogo Alvim (2024/05)
Seminar
 Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2024/05 - 2024/05 Masterclass with João Cabral (2024)
Seminar
 Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2024/04 - 2024/04 Masterclass with artist Paulo Morais (2024/04 - 2024/04)
Other
 Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2023/11 - 2024/03/22 Doctus/ Media Arts Back & Forth Seminar - moderation of Joel Ryan's participation (2024/03/21 - 2024/03/22)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2022/12/07 - 2022/12/07 Simposium: "Relating Creation and Scientific Research" . Invited participants: • John Klima • Ivo Louro • Diogo Vasconcelos • Nikolas Ferrandis • Ricardo Sousa • Stella Carneiro (2022/12/07 - 2022/12/07)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2022/06/20 - 2022/06/24 International Conference on Live Interfaces 2022 | https://liveinterfaces.ulusofona.pt (2012)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
1999 - 1999 Chair of the "International Meeting on. Artistic Education and Formation. With Otto Roessler, Alex Adriaansen, Atau Tanaka, Pedro Morais and José Bragança de Miranda. and many others. (1999 - 1999)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Clube Português de Artes e Ideias, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/03/06 Master thesis "Navigation and Composition in Auditory Spaces for Android" = "Navegação e Composição em Espaços Auditivos Virtuais para Android" by Pedro Cstro
President of the jury
 Pedro Cstro (Master)
Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2024/03 Master thesis "O tempo que existe: entre ficção e realidade" by Paula Ferreira Löffler
President of the jury
 Paula Ferreira Löffler (Master)
Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2023 PhD thesis - "Arte e dinheiro, performance e performance digital"
(Thesis) Arguer
 Jácome Silva (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Colégio das Artes, Portugal
2023 Master thesis "Arte Sonora e Transdisciplinaridade" by Nikolas Ferrandis
Supervisor
 Nikolas Ferrandis (Master)
Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2023 Master thesis "Audiodescrição, Percepção e Simulação Binaural" by Felipe Borges
Supervisor
 Felipe Borges (PhD)
Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2022 Master thesis "Atmosmancer e Weather-World Harps: Sonificações e Encontros Instrumentais com a Poluição do Ar e o Atmosférico" by Ivo Louro
Supervisor
 Ivo Louro (Master)
Universidade Lusófona, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/07 - Current International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media Taylor & Francis
2024/06 - 2024/06 Stereo and Immersive Media
2022/09 - 2022/11 Stereo and Immersive Media Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
2017 - 2019 Leonardo Journal MIT
2018 - 2018 Digital Creativity Journal, Special Issue on Improvisational Creativity Vol. 29, No 1 Routledge

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2012 - Current Steering Committee of the ICLI - International Conference on Live Interfaces
Director

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/03 - Current ICLC - International Conference on Live Coding Barcelona
2024 - Current xCoAx - Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X
2023 - Current ICLC - International Conference on Live Coding Creative Coding Utrecht (CCU)
2023 - Current xCoAx - Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X
2022 - Current xCoAx - Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X
2021 - Current xCoAx - Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X
2020 - Current xCoAx - Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X
2019 - Current xCoAx - Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X
2018 - Current xCoAx - Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X Universidade de Madrid
2017 - Current xCoAx - Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X Universidade de Lisboa
2016 - Current xCoAx - Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X Bergamo University
2015 - Current ICMC - International Computer Music Conference
2015 - Current ICLC - International Conference on Live Coding
2015 - Current xCoAx - Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X Glasgow University
2014 - Current xCoAx – Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X Universidade do Porto
2013 - Current ICMC – International Computer Music Conference
2012 - Current ICLI - International Conference on Live Interfaces
2023 - 2023 CAHDT - Conference on Arts and Humanities in Digital Transition Nova University
2022 - 2022 ICMC - International Computer Music Conference University of Limerick
2021 - 2021 ICLC - International Conference on Live Coding Toplap Valdivia, Chile
2020 - 2020 ICCC - International Conference on Computational Creativity Universidade de Coimbra
2020 - 2020 SIIDS - Sound, Image and Interaction Design Symposium Universidade da Madeira
2014 - 2017 Invisible Places - Sound, Urbanism and Sense of Place

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/03 - Current Projecto Transversal / Post-graduation in fim sound (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2023/03 - Current Sound Narratives (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2021/10 - Current Computação Multimedia e Interatividade / Curso de Ciências da Comunicação e Cultura (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2021/09 - Current Laboratório de Artes Sonoras e Cinema / Doutoramento em Arte dos Media
2019 - Current Artes Sónicas / Curso de Ciências e Tecnologias do Som (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2019 - Current Projecto Final / Curso de Ciências e Tecnologias do Som (Licenciatura)
2017 - Current Projecto Interdisciplinar / Curso de Produção e Tecnologias do Som (Mestrado) Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2016 - Current Criatividade Interdisciplinar / Curso de Design Gráfico e Multimedia (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2016 - Current Computação Audio e Design de Interfaces / Curso de Produção e Tecnologias do Som (Mestrado) Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2024/11/14 - 2024/12/05 Methods of Creation and Investigation / Master in Cinematographic Studies (Mestrado) Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2024/01/22 - 2024/02/06 Invited Professor at Noroff University, Norway: Studio 2 - scientific methods/ dissertation: bridging practice & theory - lecture, masterclass, seminar & tutorship, Video-grame programming, film. animation, VR (Bachelor) Noroff University, Norway
2024/01/22 - 2024/02/06 Invited Professor at Noroff University, Norway: Studio 3 - scientific methods/ dissertation: bridging practice & theory - lecture, masterclass, seminar & tutorship, Invited Professor at Noroff University, Norway: Studio 2 - scientific methods/ dissertation: bridging practice & theory - lecture, masterclass, seminar & tutorship, (Bachelor) Noroff University, Norway
2024/01/22 - 2024/02/06 Invited Professor at Noroff University, Norway: Industry Studies - bridging practice & theory - lecture, masterclass, seminar & tutorship,
2021/11 - 2021/12/03 Programa Avançado de Criação em Artes Performativas / https://www.forumdanca.pt/category/pacap5/ Fórum Dança, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Artes Plásticas e Novos Media/ Curso de Artes Plásticas (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2018 - 2021 Som para Objectos de Interacção / Curso de Design Gráfico e Multimedia (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2016 - 2021 Criação Digital / Curso de Som e Imagem (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Fundamentos do Som / Curso de Audiovisuais e Multimedia (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Práticas do Som / Curso de Audiovisuais e Multimedia (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Instrumentos da Imaginação / Curso de Artes Plásticas (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Comunicação Multimédia / Curso de Design Multimedia (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Expressão Plástica & Multimédia / Curso de Design Multimédia & Curso de Arquitectura Integrada (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Animação & Multimédia / Curso de Design Multimédia (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Programa Avançado de Criação em Artes Performativas / http://www.forumdanca.pt/danca/PACAP_PT.pdf (Diploma de especialização) Fórum Dança, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Atelier Novos Media / Curso de Artes Plásticas (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Diverging Perspectives on Music with Video Game Technologies / Live Visuals for Performance, Gaming, Installation, and Electronic Environments / Workshop I. http://www.realtimevisuals.org/workshops/workshop1/ Northumbria University, United Kingdom

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2024/02 - 2024/02 PhD Artes dos Media e Comunicação: 1st year students (research plan) & 2nd year students (chapter plan)
Evaluator
 Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2023/06 - 2023/10 FCT Doctoral grants / Artistic Studies
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/06/02 - 2023/06/02 Filmeu Summit - Doctoral School Seminar
Evaluator
2021 - 2021 PhD silverware (research about audio-visual performance)
Evaluator
 Universidade de Coimbra Colégio das Artes, Portugal
2020 - 2020 PhD silverware (research about NIME and sound art)
Evaluator
 Universidade de Coimbra Colégio das Artes, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Leonardo Journal, multiple publication reviews
Evaluator
2018 - 2018 Master in the field of Sound, Dep. Estudos Cinematográficos
Evaluator
 Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Master in the field of Design and Visual Culture.
Evaluator
 IADE – Creative University, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Prémio MAPA
Evaluator
2006 - 2006 Bolsa Ernesto de Sousa
Evaluator
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Fundação Luso-Americana
2006 - 2006 Concurso Jovens Criadores
Evaluator
 Clube Português de Artes e Ideias, Portugal
2003 - 2003 Visiting Arts - U.K./ China Exchange Residency Program 2003
Evaluator

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2020 @Jazz.pt: About AGORA, the sound piece that inaugurated the music webcast from Culturgest (May 28th 2020). The creative process started in April, during those strolls allowed by the mandatory confinement: I recorded my route in Lisbon, from home to the riverside limit. I sought nothing but to capture the atmosphere of my daily walks, charged with new silences and sounds. Coincidentally, Culturgest called the next day. So, I combined this urban diary with the zither and my AG#3 software, which processes pre-recorded sounds based on the zither input. Jazz.pt
2020 @Timeout: About AGORA, the sound piece that inaugurated the music webcast from Culturgest (May 28th 2020) | https://www.timeout.pt/lisboa/pt/musica/o-posto-de-escuta-de-adriana-sa Time Out
2020 @Rimas e Batidas: About AGORA, the sound piece that inaugurated the music webcast from Culturgest (May 28th 2020) | https://www.rimasebatidas.pt/adriana-sa-toco-lisboa-sim-mas-tambem-me-subjugo-a-ela-a-ambivalente-relacao-do-ego-com-o-mundo Rimas e Batidas
2019 @ Oro Molido: My Artistic path | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OZzmGxozP8TG9CEs64Z4-mlfcqjVica3/view Oro Molido

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2024/05 - Current Sur La Stre Nuro - Na Corda Bamba (film by Luis Fernandes, premièred at Indie Lisboa) exploratory music and sound art
2020 - 2020 Video interview by Teatro do Bairro Alto | https://teatrodobairroalto.pt/en/event/interview-adriana-sa-unveils-the-creation-of-coral-furtivo Performance "Coral Furtivo"
2004 - 2004 @Atmosferas/ SIC Radical | "Adriana Sa: electrónica no femenino", documentary (30’) | http://www.cityarts.com/adrianasa/adri.mp4

Legal proceeding

Activity description Case
2024/05 - 2024/05 PhD Artes dos Media e Comunicação/. Universidade Lusófona - curricular equivalence to 1st year courses / student Rodrigo Peixoto
2024/02 - 2024/02 PhD Artes dos Media e Comunicação/ Universidade Lusófona - curricular equivalence to 1st year courses / student Hedisson Mota

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/10/21 - 2024/10/29 Site specific art & climate change &. digital resources All artists participating in. the residency "ANIMALS", organised by CADA
2023/10/09 - 2023/10/22 Artistic residency | https://www.cada1.net/works/open-call-animais-residencia-artistica-novos-media/ Several artists

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024 - Current PhD in Media Arts and Communication - Intermediary Evaluation / chapter by Natalia Gondim (end of 2nd year) Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2024 - Current PhD in Media Arts and Communication - Final Project Arguing Bethany Walker Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/02 evaluation of master student José Siopa > field Informática/ Faculdade de Ciências: "Ghostdance: Evolving soundscapes in an Immersive Virtual Reality Experience" Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2004 Apoio pontual a projectos transdisciplinares
IA - Instituto das Artes, Portugal
2003 Apoio a projectos pontuais
Instituto Português das Artes do Espectáculo, Portugal
2000 Apoio a projectos pontuais
Instituto Português das Artes do Espectáculo, Portugal
1999 Bolsa Ernesto de Sousa
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal

Other distinction

2014 Apoio à internacionalização
Direcção Geral das Artes, Portugal
2010 Bolsa de Doutoramento
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2008 Apoio pontual a projectos de criação digital
Direcção Geral das Artes, Portugal
2008 Apoio pontual a projectos de criação transdisciplinar
Direcção Geral das Artes, Portugal
2007 Apoio no âmbito do acordo Tri-Partido
Direcção Geral das Artes, Portugal

Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2006 Apoio à criação artística / FCG
2005 Bolsa de investigação artística
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2005 Apoio pontual a projectos pluridisciplinares
IA - Instituto das Artes, Portugal
2003 Artistic research fund / The Media Center
The Kirkless Media Center , United Kingdom
2002 Apoio a criação artística / IAC
IAC - Instituto de Arte Contemporânea, Portugal
2002 Artistic creation fund / ACAC
Aomori Contemporary Art Center , Japan
2002 Apoio ao intercâmbio com Países Asiáticos
Fundação Oriente, Portugal
2002 Apoio à criação artística/ CNC
Centro Nacional de Cultura, Portugal
2001 Financiamento pelo Acordo Tri-Partido
IAC - Instituto de Arte Contemporânea, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
2001 Bolsa de investigação artística / FCG
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2000 CoDaCo Fund
European CoDaCo Fund, Belgium
1999 Apoio à criação artística
Instituto Camões, Portugal

IAC - Instituto de Arte Contemporânea, Portugal
1998 Apoio à criação artística / IC & IAC & FCG
Instituto Camões, Portugal

IAC - Instituto de Arte Contemporânea, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal