Contacts
Phone
- PT +351 933 38 02 24
- DE +49 (0) 1763 8324 685
- maiapedro [a] gmail.com
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About Me
Born in Vila do Conde (Portugal) in 1983 and currently living in Oporto and Lisbon.
Degree in Tecnologias da Comunicação Audiovisual at the Instituto Politécnico do Porto and Video Art Course at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Works as a freelancer in areas such as cinema, video and multimedia and has also producing audiovisuals for theatre companies as well as working as director assistant on feature and shorts films. Works have been presented in several festivals, both Portuguese and international.
Collaborator for nine years with the International Film Festival Curtas de Vila do Conde, where since 2004 in charge of the Take One! section.
Since 2004, has been developing the “live cinema” concept, manipulating images in real time and interacting with sound. He is also the author of the projects Stolen Images Inc. and p.ma.
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Education
2008 Video Art course promoted by Gulbenkian Creativity and Artistic Creation Programme of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
2004-2006 Degree in Audiovisual Communication at Instituto Politécnico do Porto, specialization in video.
2001-2004 Bachelor in Audiovisual Communication at Instituto Politécnico do Porto.
Contests/Awards
2009 Salão Europeu Jovens Criadores 2009/2011, Museu Amadeu Souza Cardozo
2009 Video Art award, Bienal de Arte Jovens VaLoures'09
2009 Artistc project contest, Serralves em Festa, Serralves Fundation.
2008 Jovens Criadores – Video, Portugal.
Solo Exhibitions
13.09.2009 Super Pecha Kucha, EDP/Electricity Museum, Lisbon, Portugal.
27.03-27.04.2008 PORTRAIT, Solar - Galeria de Arte Cinemática, Vila do Conde, Portugal.
Group Exhibitions
06.03-04.06.2010 Bienal de Arte Jovens VaLoures, Galeria Municipal de Loures, Portugal
19.02-30.03.2010 JCE Biennial, Klaipeda Exhibition Hall, Lithuania
26.10-25.11.2009 JCE Biennial, La Fabrique, Montrouge, France
04.07-12.09.2009 “In an absolute world”, Muuda Gallery, Porto. Portugal
04-27.06.2009 “In an absolute world”, Who Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.
19-22.03.2009 Jovens Criadores 2008, FIL, Lisbon, Portugal
Fellowships/Sponsorships
2008 Experimental Cinema Sponsorship, Fine Arts department, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Conferences/Masterclass
2008 School of Arts, Universidade Católica (about my work).
2008 Lisbon Fine Arts , “A recriação de conteúdos através da apropriação de imagens" moderated by Nuno Figueiredo.
2005 Munique Internacional School Film Fesival, "Visions of the Visual" (in representation of Curtas Vila do Conde Festival).
Publications (participation)
2008 Video Art and Art & Essay Film in Portugal, published by NÚMERO INTERFACE(S).
2007 The Animate! Book, published by LUX and distributed by Wallflower Press.
Festivals/Shows
2009 Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin / Madrid
2009 Media 10/10 Festival, 2009, Namur, Belgium
2009 One Minute One Shot Film Festival, Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art
2009 Indie Lisboa, 2009, PT
2009 Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão, 2008, PT
2009 Kulturhuset, 2009, Stockholm
2009 Portugal ConVida, 2009, MACBA, Barcelna, SP
2009 A4 - Association for Contemporary Art and Culture, 2009, Slovakia
2008 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
2008 Split Film Festival, Croatia
2008 Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier, France
2008 Fantasporto, Portugal
2008 Film Festival Open Cinema, Russia
2008 U.Frame Festival, Portugal
2007 Berlinale Talent Campus #4, Germany
2007 Cinema d’ Arte, , Italy
2007 OLLIN KAN, Mexico
2007 Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal
2007 Festival de Cinema Independent L’ Alternativa, Spain
2007 Imago, Portugal
2007 OvarVideo, Portugal
2007 Festival Festa Redonda, Portugal
2007 Fest, Portugal
2007 Curto Circuito Espanha
2007 Outras Histórias:Educação Pela Imagem, Portugal
2007 Portugal ConVida, Spain
2006 Encounters, UK
2004 Imago, Portugal
2004 Fest, Portugal
2004 OvarVideo, Portugal
2004 Imago, 2004, Portugal