25th & 26th September, Barreiro
Mnemosonic Topographies: Listening as Sensory Epistemology
Exploring the interrelations of sound, space, and memory through embodied, ethical listening
A workshop that explores how sound, space, and memory mutually shape our experience of place. Through listening exercises, fieldwork, and studio work, participants will discover how micro-environments become co-authors of sonic experience and how memories are inscribed into the acoustic traces of space. The workshop encourages conceptual listening, attentiveness, and an ethical relationship with the environment. It concludes with the creation of a short sound piece or a “sound map” of one’s personal experience of the visited locales.
The workshop is intended for sound artists, composers, improvisers, multimedia artists, field recordists, musicians, and interdisciplinary researchers with a strong interest in the field of sound.
Due to limited space, prospective participants must first send a short biography to workshops@outra.pt by 6th September 2026. Each participant should have their own recording device (ideally a sound recorder), headphones, a notebook or digital journal, and the Reaper software (free to download) installed on their laptop.
The workshop consists of two days of both field and studio work with 4 separate working sessions, which will take place in Barreiro.
The workshop has a cost of 50€, which includes lunch (vegan) for both days. Participants will be provided with all payment, schedule and location details upon confirmation of their selection.
Manja Ristić is a sound artist, violinist, composer and curator born in Belgrade. She graduated from the Faculty of Music Arts in Belgrade and completed her postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Music in London.
After a rich career in classical music, her work in recent decades has focused on interdisciplinary sound research, field recording and experimental radio art. She collaborates with international media organisations such as BBC, ORF, INA GRM, Radiophrenia, Kunstradio—Radiokunst, HRT, RTV Slovenia, Radio Belgrade and many others. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the honorary Phonurgia Nova Award and the Golden Award for Expanded Media presented by the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia, and she was shortlisted for the Académie Charles Cros Sélection Musiques Expérimentales 2024. She has curated programmes for institutions such as Ars Electronica (Austria), Cona Institute (Slovenia) and CIFRA World (UAE).
Manja lives and works in Korčula, where she runs the production house Electric Ladyland, and is an artist-in-residence at OUT.FEST’s 2026 edition, where she will develop and present a new work related to the Barreiro Sound Archive (www.cidadesom.pt).
[Workshop financed by the Ibermúsicas programme]