Helder Luis CV
Helder Luis (1973, Porto, Portugal)
Education:
2007 – Sciences of Consumption/Marketing, IPAM (Porto)
2001 – Generative Design workshop, Porto2001 (Porto);
2001 – Video Sampling workshop, Porto2001 (Porto);
2001 – MAX/MSP workshop, Porto2001 (Porto);
2001 – STEIM workshop, Porto2001 (Porto);
2000 – “Performance e Novas Tecnologias II” workshop held by the I.P.A.E., Teatro Rivoli and the British Council (Porto);
1999 – “Performance e Novas Tecnologias I” workshop held by the I. P. A. E., Teatro Rivoli and the British Council (Porto);
1994 – Business Communication seminar by Development Systems (Coimbra);
1994 – DTP (desktop publishing), DTV (desktop video) and Multimedia software courses by Apple (Coimbra);
1991-1993 – Attended technical drawing course at the artistic and professional art school Árvore (Porto).
Individual:
2003 – Photographics, Plastic (Póvoa de Varzim).
Collective:
2003 – Voyager 2003 / ExperimentaDesign03 (Lisboa, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona);
2001 – Voyager 2001 / ExperimentaDesign 01(Lisboa, Milan, London, Barcelona);
1999 – BM99: Bienal da Maia, Fórum da Maia (Maia);
1998 – Post.it, Art Attack, Museu de Cerâmica (Caldas da Rainha);
1990 – “Jovens Pintores” painting exhibition, Obras Públicas (Póvoa de Varzim).
Performances:
2004 – Intermedia Festival, with Rafael Toral and Deadbeat (Torres Vedras);
2003 – Maus Hábitos, with Landscape (Porto);
2003 – Plastic, with Landscape (Póvoa de Varzim);
2002 – Festival Internacional de Curtas Metrages de Vila do Conde, with Landscape (Vila do Conde);
2003 – GinSonic, Hard Club (Vila Nova de Gaia);
2003 – Industria, Porto with GinSonic.
2003 – Plastic with GinSonic.
2002 – Paredes de Coura Summer Rock Festival, Paredes de Coura with GinSonic.
2003 – FNAC Colombo, Lisboa in colaboration with Bildmeister.
2003 – Fonoteca, Lisboa in colaboration with Bildmeister.
2003 – Triplex, Porto with Landscape.
2000 – Expo2000, with HousewareExperience, Portuguese National Pavillion guests, Hannover (Germany);
2000 – “Em Tempo Real”, collaboration between Houselab and Nova Dança 4, Centro Cultural Banco Brasil (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil);
2003 – “Em Tempo Real”, Lisboa collaboration between Houselab and Nova Dança 4, ACARTE, Lisboa).
2002 – DJ + Live electronics together with Paulo Feliciano at the openings of Rui Toscano exhibition, MAC de Serralves (Porto).
2001 – Festival Internacional de Curtas Metrages de Vila do Conde with GinSonic (Vila do Conde).
2000 – Festival Internacional de Curtas Metrages de Vila do Conde with GinSonic (Vila do Conde).
1999 – Houseware Experience (Lisboa);
1998 – Background Noise, along with Clockwork (Póvoa de Varzim);
1998 – Background Noise, ESAD (school of art and design) auditorium (Matosinhos);
1998 – Background Noise, Ateneu de Coimbra (Coimbra).
Multimedia:
2004 – “Isle of the Dead”, outdoor digital media project to accompany a live performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Leonard Slatkin conducting Rachmaninoff’s symphonic poem Isle of the Dead (Chicago, U.S.A.);
2002 – Starting Up II, Plastic (Póvoa de Varzim);
2002 – Kaleido, custom software development for Paulo Feliciano performance with Lee Ranaldo, Rafael Toral e Leah Singer, Fundação de Serralves (Porto) and Fundação Caloust Gulbenkien (Lisboa);
2001 – Starting Up, outdoor video projection (Vila do Conde);
2001 – Pixel, CAM/ACARTE, Fundação Caloust Gulbenkien (Lisboa).
Awards / Scholarships / Distinctions:
2002 – Honorable mention in the 2002 edition of the Ernesto Sousa grant with the project “Generator”;
1999 – Grant attributed by ICAM institute for exploration and development of multimedia art technologies;
1997 – Honorable mention in the 1997 edition of the Ernesto Sousa grant with the project “Background Noise”;
1990 – Third place in a national design contest (creation of a poster promoting the environmental care);
1990 – Third place in a national design contest promoting the consume of milk (sponsored by Mimosa).
Graphic Design (selection):
(coming soon)
Other Activities:
2003 – Collaborator of ExperiementaDesign 03;
2003 – Sponsor of Curtas Metragens de Vila do Conde, with LAB52;
2002 – Sponsor of Festival de Curtas Metragens de Vila do Conde, with LAB52;
2001 – Curator for Media Lounge, Porto2001;
2001 – Collaborator of ExperiementaDesign 01;
1999 – Collaborator of ExperiementaDesign 99.
Business Activities:
2007 – Chromma (since 2007);
2007 – Ethertype (since 2007);
2001 – LAB52 (since 2001);
1996 – notype (since 1996).
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