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"Before the Noise" : a Sound Installation | Madeira Whale Festival

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"Before the Noise" : a Sound Installation | Madeira Whale Festival
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Touch the water, clean the ocean. A participatory ocean installation and live performance for Madeira's Whale Festival.
About this Event

Official part of the Madeira Whale Festival 2026 programme.

You'll leave the water cleaner than you found it, at least for twenty minutes.

Before the Noise: five tanks of seawater. In each one, something we've put in the ocean that shouldn't be there. Touch the water, and you symbolically clean it, deactivating a layer of pollution sound until all that's left is the ocean as it should sound.

This is a performance you build, together, one hand in the water at a time.

The session closes with a live performance: BSP singing alongside real dolphin and ambient ocean recordings, provided by MARE-ARDITI in collaboration with the University of Madeira.

What to expect:

  • A hands-on, participatory installation; you'll be asked to touch the water, not just observe
  • Small groups, so book the session that works for you
  • A closing live performance blending voice with real underwater recordings from Madeira's own waters

Sessions: Tue 7 Oct, 18:00–18:30; Tue 7 Oct, 19:30–20:00; Wed 8 Oct, 14:30–15:00.

Free, but space is limited; reserve your spot.

Created by BSP and Max Gordiani, music by Alessio Miraglia, in collaboration with MARE-ARDITI and the University of Madeira, as part of the Madeira Whale Festival.

With thanks to Annalisa Sambolino, Anita Alessandrini, Andreia Sousa, and Diane Esson at MARE-ARDITI for their kind support and collaboration; to Laura Redaelli at MARE-ARDITI for the underwater recordings (official citation and data here - This dataset contains real underwater recordings of wild dolphins and toothed whales, made off the south coast of Madeira between 2022 and 2025. Every recording comes from a confirmed sighting of a single species, captured with specialised underwater microphones during research boat surveys. Full technical details are included for anyone who wants to dig deeper.) and to Centro Cultural e de Investigação for generously hosting the installation.


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Programa oficial do Madeira Whale Festival 2026.

Vais deixar a água mais limpa do que a encontraste, pelo menos durante vinte minutos.

Before the Noise: cinco tanques de água salgada. Em cada um, algo que pusemos no oceano e que não devia lá estar. Tocas a água, e limpas-a simbolicamente, desativando uma camada de som de poluição até restar apenas o oceano como devia soar.

Isto é uma performance que constróis, em conjunto, uma mão na água de cada vez.

A sessão termina com uma performance ao vivo: BSP a cantar ao lado de gravações reais de golfinhos e do ambiente sonoro do oceano, cedidas pelo MARE-ARDITI em colaboração com a Universidade da Madeira.

O que esperar:

  • Uma instalação participativa e prática; vais ser convidado a tocar a água, não só a observar
  • Grupos pequenos, por isso escolhe a sessão que te for melhor
  • Uma performance final que junta voz e gravações reais feitas nas águas da Madeira

Sessões: Ter, 7 out, 18:00–18:30; Ter, 7 out, 19:00–19:30; Qua, 8 out, 14:30–15:00.

Gratuito, mas com lugares limitados; reserva o teu lugar.

Criada pela BSP e Max Gordiani, música de Alessio Miraglia, em colaboração com MARE-ARDITI e a Universidade da Madeira, no âmbito do Festival da Baleia da Madeira.

Um obrigado especial a Annalisa Sambolino, Anita Alessandrini, Andreia Sousa e Diane Esson do MARE-ARDITI pelo apoio e colaboração; a Laura Caruso pelas gravações subaquáticas (citação oficial e dados aqui); e ao Centro Cultural e de Investigação por gentilmente cederem o espaço.

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Centro Cultural e de Investigação do Funchal, 4 Rua do Matadouro, Funchal, Portugal

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