Biography

Henrik Ferrara (1997), multidisciplinary musician and author, works with exploratory sound palletes. His work often embeds improvisation, reflecting a constant search for diverse timbres and methods of manipulating analog or digital sound objects. As well as seeking to incorporate the production of noise with greater visual expressiveness, he also researches the relationships between the audience, bodies in interaction with space and their gestures. His music often dialogues with video, performance and dance. He is developing new expressive interfaces, such as Crescente, an electroacoustic feedback instrument capable of producing immersive soundscapes. He often collaborates with Francisca Dores, such as in the performance project “fhosfhorus”, exploring symbioses of visual and sound feedback, and designs the sound for her films. He composed the album “ATAVÍSTICO”, with a visceral and submerged language, produced music with Guillio in “Songs For Green Tea and Peppermint Pope”, exploring noise rock and ambient abstractions. He directed Coro Normal with Simão Collares, creating a space for vocal and sound experimentation, and founded the collective OBSOLETO, of which the shows “Plasticidade” and “Trabalhar Rápido é Trabalhar Pior” stand out. He created and performed in the “Pleasure Drone” project (with Gil Mac), where he explores dance music sonorities, expanding his sound universe to clubbing and rave. He has a degree in Audiovisual Communication Technologies (ESMAD) and a Master’s degree in Sound Design and Interactive Music (FEUP). He currently teaches at the Escola Artística e Profissional Árvore (EAPA) and at the Escola Superior de Educação of the Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (IPVC). He is a collaborating member in uniMAD, research center of Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design (ESMAD).

Gil Mac and Henrik Ferrara rehearsing for Pleasure Drone @ Circular Festival, october 2024, Zhang Qinzhe