Hi! My name is Rodrigo Carvalho [VISIOPHONE], and I’m a Designer & Interactive New Media artist from Porto/Portugal. I have graduated in Design (U. Aveiro, 2005), I hold Master Degree in Digital Arts (U.Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona,2009), and a Phd in Digital Media (U. Porto/UT Austin Colab, 2018).
My work on live visuals, coding and interactive art involves a range of different outputs, from screen digital work, interactive installations, audiovisual live acts, or interactive visuals for stage performance.
I have presented artwork in many events worldwide as: Sonar Festival (Barcelona), Eyes Ears and Feet (Austin), Mutek (Barcelona), Echo(Dubai), Iminente (Lisboa), BAM (Liege) among others.
Co-Founder of Openfield Creativelab. The visual side of Boris Chimp 504.
Say hello : Rodrigo/at/visiophone-lab/com
Find me at Vimeo / Twitter / IG / OBJKT – tezos / Warpcast / Rodeo Club
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EDUCATION + WORK POSITIONS
Co-Founder & The Visual side of Boris Chimp 504, Vladivostok Space Center.
Co-Founder / Art Direction & Interaction, Openfield Creativelab, Porto, Portugal (2015-…)
Personal and Freelance Work as Visiophone, (2007-….);
Assistant Professor at the FCAATI – ULP (2020-…);
Assistant Professor at FBAUP-UP(2018-…);
Digital Media Doctoral Programme, U.Porto / FCT / UT Austin-Portugal Colab (2011-2018);
Lecturer / Sound&Image Lab – Design Curse / FBAUP (2017)
Interactive System Developer, Artshare, Aveiro, Portugal (2011);
Interactive System Developer, SPEECS research Group, Barcelona, Spain (2010, 2011);
Digital Arts Master Degree, U.Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain (2008.2009);
Graphic Designer at Multi-Arte Studio, Madrid,Spain (2005, 2008);
Graduated in Design, U.Aveiro, Portugal (2001-2005);
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PAST / PRESENT / FUTURE [selected list of projects]
2025
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2024
BORIS CHIMP 504 / AV LIVE / Fisga WareHouse / Porto / Portugal
BORIS CHIMP 504 / Marmotto / Faro / Portugal
@c + Visiophone / AV LIVE / Maus Hábitos / Porto / Portugal
2023
TALISKER / AV LIVE + INSTALLATION / SpecialReleased23 / Glasgow / UK
BORIS CHIMP 504 / AV LIVE / Break2023 / Aveiro / Portugal
MÁQUINA MAGNÉTICA / AV LIVE / Rivoli / Porto / Portugal
UnOpen / Openfield / Galeria Nuno Centeno / Porto / Portugal
PORTO DIGITAL BEAT / Openfield / Eletrico Festival 2023 / Porto / Portugal
2022
BORIS CHIMP 504 / AV LIVE / SonarLx / Lisboa / Portugal
BORIS CHIMP 504 / AV LIVE / Festival Reentre / Villerupt / France
BORIS CHIMP 504 / AV LIVE / VolumensDay / Valencia / Spain
MÁQUINA MAGNÉTICA / AV LIVE / Som Riscado (Loulé, Portugal), CAE (Portalegre, Portugal), Festival Rescaldo (Lisboa, Portugal), Festival Y (Covilhã, Portugal).
FUTURE SOUND (of Ourém)/ Santarem / Portugal
FUTURE SOUND (of Faro)/ Santarem / Portugal
PORTO DIGITAL BEAT / Openfield / Eletrico Festival 2022 / Porto / Portugal
2021
SILENT INHABITANTS / PCD PORTO 2021 / Future Visions Exhibition
RED QUASAR EP / Vladivostok Space Center / OuterSpace
BORIS CHIMP 504 / AV LIVE / ZigurFest / Lamego / Portugal
BORIS CHIMP 504 / AV LIVE / MappingFest / Geneve / Switzerland
MÁQUINA MAGNÉTICA / AV LIVE / Gnration (Braga) + Passos Manuel (Porto) + JARDINS EFÉMEROS (Viseu);
FRICTION / Openfield-Creativelab / Ourém / Portugal
MESSAGE / Openfield / Under Scale Travels Gallery / Braga / Portugal
2020
FUTURE SOUND (of Aveiro) / CITIC Light Selection Award 2020 / China
HACKATHON DOURO & PORTO / Emergence / Régua / Portugal
BORIS CHIMP 504 / Som Riscado / Loulé / Portugal
MÁQUINA MAGNÉTICA / AV LIVE / O’Culto da Ajuda (Lisboa, Portugal) + Guimarães Jazz (Guimarães, Portugal);
FRICTIOn vs ZAI / Openfield / Teatro Aveirense / Aveiro / Portugal
UMBRA Maia / Maia / Portugal
2019
2056 / Openfield / Galeria Nuno Centeno / Porto / Portugal
PORTO DIGITAL BEAT / Openfield / Eletrico Festival 2019 / Porto / Portugal
BORIS CHIMP 504 / AV LIVE / Electro Alternative (Toulouse, France) + Criatek (Aveiro, Portugal) + 948 Merkatua (Pamplona, Spain) + Fotonica (Rome, Italy)
FUTURE SOUND (of Aveiro) / Aveiro / Portugal
AQUATROFICA / Emergence / Ponta Delgada / Açores ( Portugal
FUTURE SOUND (of Santarem)/ Santarem / Portugal
BORIS CHIMP 504 / AV LIVE / LEs Garages Numeriques x BrightBrussels (Brussels)
2018
INTERWORLDS / Luza Festival / Loulé / Portugal
COSMIC SYSTEM / Paseo Project / Taos / USA
FRICTION / Openfield-Creativelab / Braga / Portugal
PHD THESIS / Feup / Porto / Portugal
SCANNING THE SURFACE OF VALETUDO / Festival Iminente / Lisboa / Portugal
NON HUMAN DEVICE #04 / Loulé / Portugal
NON HUMAN DEVICE #03 / Lyon / France
BORIS CHIMP 504 / AV LIVE / Arts Meets Tech (Porto), VIC (Aveiro), Electrons Libres (Nantes)
2017
NON HUMAN DEVICE #03 / Echo / Dubai
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS / Luza Festival / Loulé / Portugal
FUTURE SOUND (of ÁGUEDA)/ Águeda / Portugal
LIGHT PORTAL / Openfield-Creativelab / Neo Pop / Viana do Castelo / Porto
EDIFÍCIO / Openfield-Creativelab / Porto / Portugal
ESTRUTURA / Openfield-Creativelab / Porto / Portugal
EPICENTRO / Openfield-Creativelab / Porto / Portugal
BORIS CHIMP 504 / AV LIVE / BSeiteFest (Mannheim) + TeatroDiogoBernardes (PonteLima) + NOSPrimaveraSound (Porto) + Sonar (Barcelona) + AlmaElectrica (Águeda) + WakingLife (Crato) + PatchLab (Krakow)+ A Alice (Lisboa) + SiloAuto (Porto) + EchoinDubai (Dubai)
2016
BORIS CHIMP 504 / AV LIVE / ADAF (Athens) + Locomotiva (Lisboa) + TranseuropaExpress (Lisboa) + SomRiscado (Loulé) + BAM (Liege)
KALEIDOTREE / Openfield-Creativelab / Porto / Portugal
JARDINS DO PALÁCIO CRISTAL / Openfield Creativelab / Porto / Portugal
LASERS DE SÃO JOÃO / Openfield Creativelab / Porto / Portugal
PLANET MUSA / Openfield-Creativelab / Lisboa / Portugal
REDUCTION/RELFECTION / CRONICA / Porto / Portugal
DELTA INFINITE / Montemor-o-Novo / Portugal
NON HUMAN DEVICE #003 / GNRation / Braga / Portugal
FUTURE SOUND (of LOULÉ) / Festival Som Riscado / Loulé / Portugal
X-FILES’ ALIEN SPACESHIP / Solid Dogma / Lisboa / Portugal
2015
INTO THE VOID / Edificio. AXA / Porto / Portugal
“Sound+Visual+Movement on interactive systems” / Talk / Mira Festival / Barcelona / Spain
“Selected Visiophone Works” / Talk / Mira Festival / Barcelona / Spain
NON HUMAN DEVICE #002 / Mira Festival / Barcelona / Spain
BORIS CHIMP 504 / GOMA / Porto / Portugal
KOBAYASHI / Live Code Workshop + Noites Brancas + Plunc Fest / Porto + Vila de Conde + Braga + Lisboa / Portugal
BORIS CHIMP 504 / Noites Brancas / Braga / Portugal
RE-ENVISION / Paris Fashion Week + Milan Fashion Week / Paris + Milan / France + Italy
BORIS CHIMP 504 / Milan Fashion Week / Milan / Italy
SCION’s CAR REVEAL / New York / USA
WITH OUI / UT Austin /Austin-Texas / USA
AD MORTUOS / UT Austin / Austin-Texas / USA
VISITING RESEARCHER [Jan-May] / UT Austin / Austin-Texas / USA
2014
THE INTERPRETER / INTER-FACE 2014 / Lisboa / Portugal
LINEAR SUBSPACE / D’Bandada / Porto / Portugal
FLOATING SATELLITES / ISEA2014 / Dubai / UAE
NON HUMAN DEVICE #002 Revisited / XCOAX 2014 / Porto / Portugal
RE-ENVISION / VAVA / Berlin-Barcelona-Porto
WARNING: A WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DRESS PROTOTYPE / UT Austin / Austin-Texas / USA
BREAKDOWN / UT Austin / Austin-Texas / USA
VISITING RESEARCHER [Jan-May] / UT Austin / Austin-Texas / USA
LUSCO FUSCO II + X Gravity / Collective Exhibition / 1Avenida / Porto / Portugal
BORIS CHIMP 504 / 1Avenida / Porto / Portugal
2013
LUSCO FUSCO NA PRAÇA / 1Avenida / Porto / Portugal
ARTISTIC RESIDENCY [Oct-Dec] / 1Avenida / Porto / Portugal
NON HUMAN DEVICE #002 / Criact Festival / Faro / Portugal
BORIS CHIMP 504 / Criact Festival / Faro / Portugal
CHOREOGRAPHIC CODING LAB / MotionBank Workshop / Frankfurt / Germany
BORIS CHIMP 504 / NIU / Barcelona / Spain
BORIS CHIMP 504 / Cidade pre-ocupada / Montemor-o-Novo / Portugal
NON HUMAN DEVICE #001 / Cidade pre-ocupada / Montemor-o-Novo / Portugal
BORIS CHIMP 504 / Imaginarius / Santa Maria Feira / Portugal
BORIS CHIMP 504 / Micro-Mutek / Barcelona / Spain
NON HUMAN DEVICE #001 / Micro-Mutek / Barcelona / Spain
2012
BORIS CHIMP 504 / Future Places / Porto / Portugal
ADAMASTOR / Interactive Installation / Future Places / Porto / Portugal
ADAMASTOR / Interactive Installation / Cri.D.A. / Guimarães / Portugal
BORIS CHIMP 504 / AudioVisual Live Performance / Biela Noc / Košice / Slovakia
HAJA LUZ / Live Reactive Lights Installation / Digitopolis Orquestra / Porto / Portugal
PREFALLL135/ Interactive Installation / FabraICoats + SonarPro / Barcelona / Spain
PREFALLL135/ Interactive Installation / Pavilhão Conhecimento / Lisboa / Portugal
DISCOTEXAS BAND VISUALS / Live Reactive Visuals / Discotexas Band / Planet Earth
2011
PREFALLL135 / Interactive Installation / Espaço do Tempo / Montemor-o-Novo / Portugal
OPENING READING FRAMES / Interactive Installation / Artshare – U. Aveiro / Portugal
BORISCHIMP504 / AudioVisual Live Perf. / Coimbra+Lisboa / Portugal
BORISCHIMP504 / AudioVisual Live Perf. / MicroMutek+NIU+Hibridos / Barcelona / Spain
DANCING WITH SWARMING PARTICLES / Interactive Dance Perf. / SPECS / Barcelona / Spain
2010
SALAdeMAQUINAS / Interactive Installation / FabraICoats+VisualBrasil / Barcelona / Spain
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