Caeso. 

(Carlos Eduardo Soares - Brasil, 1988)

Photo: A. Cecília Cabral

[PT] Músico e artista sonoro, sua produção criativa é diversa, explorando meios como a música acusmática, a eletrônica em tempo real, a improvisação livre e também a composição tradicional escrita, além de construir esculturas sonoras, vídeos e outros trabalhos multimídia. Possui graduação e mestrado em Composição e é atualmente doutorando pelo docARTES (Instituto Orpheus/Universidade de Leiden) em pesquisa artística em música com interesse pela poética da negatividade e usos criativos de práticas DIY. Suas colaborações com outrxs artistas vão desde trilhas, desenhos e paisagens sonoras até desenvolvimentos mais técnicos em mídias analógicas e digitais.

Atualmente vive e trabalha na Holanda.

Photo: Marcel Castro-Lima

[EN] Musician and sound artist, he has a diverse creative output, exploring mediums such as acousmatic music, live electronics, free improvisation and also traditional written composition, besides building sound sculptures, videos and other multimedia artworks. Holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in Music Composition, and is currently a docARTES PhD candidate (Orpheus Institute/Leiden University) on artistic research in Music with interest for the poetics of negativity and creative uses of DIY practices. His collaborations with other artists range from soundtracks, sound design and soundscapes to more technical development in digital and analog media.

Currently lives and works in The Netherlands.

EDUCATION

PhD candidate in Music by the docARTES program of the Orpheus Institute [BE] and Leiden University [NL] - 2021- .

Master's degree in Music Composition by Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), supervised by Prof. Dr. Marcelo Carneiro de Lima, presenting his thesis "Fractures in Reality or Vindication to Failure: deviation from and negation of the norm and its poetics" [BR] - 2015-2017.

Bachelor's degree in Music Composition by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), supervised by Prof. Dr. Alexandre Schubert [BR] - 2008-2013.

Complementary formation in Music Education by the Special Program of Pedagogical Formation of Teachers of Universidade Candido Mendes - AVM Educacional [BR] - 2017-2018.

Pedagogical internships in Music classes by Colégio Santo Inácio and EDEM [BR] - 2018.

Intensive course Imersões Poéticas [Poetic Immersions] by Escola Sem Sítio [BR] - 2018.

Open courses (Sound Track; Video Etc.; Sound Art; Theories of Art; Critics, Creation, Circuits; Technical Reproducibility; Electronics for Artists: Gambiarra and subversion; others) and module Fundamentação em Arte [Art Substantiation] by Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage [BR] - 2011-2015.

Technical courses in Audio by IATEC (Pro Tools Training; Acoustics; Fundamentals of Audio; Electronics Applied to Audio) [BR] - 2009-2011.

Guitar classes at West Virginia University with Scott Elliott [USA], at CIGAM with Carlos Café, at Escola de Música Villa-Lobos with Antônio Guapiassú, and with Geraldo Rodrigues [BR].

Sandwich undergraduate exchange program in Music Composition by West Virginia University [US] - 2010.

PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS

Karaoke Fonético - YstrandiLovi [Phonetic Karaoke - YstrandiLovi]

A/V Noise Encounter, at Filmhuis Cavia [NL] - 2023;

EPARM conference 2023 [DK].


Proposta de Contratacao [Hirin Proposal]

Frestas Telúricas, 1st ed. [online] - 2020.

Antena [Antenna]

Collective exhibition Distopias, at Espaço Apis [BR] - 2019;

Fosso 5 [BR] - 2019;

Collective exhibition A Utopia do Não, at Paço Imperial [BR] - 2019.

Proposta 02 [Proposition 02]

Débora Guimarães' exhibition Quedas [BR] - 2019;

Escola de Artes Celso Lisboa [BR] - 2019;

Fosso 9 [BR] - 2019;

Ocupação EIXO, at Centro Cultural Paschoal Carlos Magno [BR] - 2019; 

MAPA Unirio [BR] - 2019;

Aparelho [BR] - 2018;

Master's Conclusion Recital [BR] - 2017.

Custom 

XXII Bienal de Música Brasileira Contemporânea [BR].

Aum

Quintas Instrumentais at Espaço Cultural BNDES [BR] - 2019;

Audio Rebel [BR] - 2018;

XXVIII Panorama da Música Brasileira Atual [BR] - 2016; 

Tao - Em busca do Sagrado [BR] - 2016.

...disléxicoentrópicoconfusoealto... [...dyslexicentropicconfusingandloud...]

Peel Slowly and See [NL] - 2023;

Neu, Babel 08 [BR] - 2022;

Sijthoff Leiden [NL] - 2022;

Noise Bombing online festival - 2020;

Zaratan Arte Contemporânea [PT] - 2019;

Aparelho [BR] - 2019;

Master's Conclusion Recital [BR] - 2017;

III Composers of Today Festival [BR] - 2015.

Tlanemani

F(r)esta Festival de Improvisação, April ed. [online] - 2021; 

Audio Rebel [BR] - 2018;

Série Compositores 6th Ed. [BR] - 2016;

Mostra 0800 7th Ed. [BR] - 2015.

AudioSetUp_CPP+(Redux)

A/V Noise Encounter, at Filmhuis Cavia [NL] - 2023;

Edo [NL] - 2023;

Het Concreet, with Marcel Cobussen [NL] - 2022;

Rewire, with Marcel Cobussen [NL] - 2022;

Débora Guimarães exhibition Quedas [BR] - 2019;

Escola de Artes Celso Lisboa [BR] - 2019;

Fosso 9 [BR] - 2019;

Desvio [BR] - 2019;

Aparelho [BR] - 2018;

Master's Conclusion Recital [BR] - 2017;

SóNaSala #1 [PT] - 2016;

Cmptrmthmtcs [FR] - 2016;

Simpósio de Arte e Música Eletrônica, at UNICBM [BR] - 2014.

Coletivo Plástico Preto [Black Plastic Collective]

1º Festival de Arte de Rua [BR] - 2014;

X Abre Alas of A Gentil Carioca [BR] - 2014;

AmareloNegro [BR]- 2014;

Festival de Arte Urbana [BR] - 2014; 

7a Mostra Live Cinema [BR] - 2014; 

II Rio Mapping Festival [BR] - 2014; 

Olho da Rua [BR] - 2014.

BlockFort3.0

La casa Del Lago [MEX] - 2018;

Projeto ARCOS [BR] - 2017;

Festival Conexões Musicais UFF/UniRio [BR] - 2017; 

XXVII Panorama da Música Brasileira Atual [BR] - 2014; 

Undergraduates Conclusion Recital [BR] - 2013.

Os Superfodas

Sarau de alunos da UFRJ, Anfiteatro da Praia Vermelha [BR] - 2012;

Café com Poesia, Teatro Gláucio Gil [BR] - 2012;

Jardins da UniRio [BR] - 2012;

Espaço Cultural Belmiro de Almeida [BR] - 2012;

Ocupa Canecão [BR] - 2012;

BlendMix, Audio Rebel [BR] - 2012;

X ENCUn, Audio Rebel [BR] - 2012.


Pulmão [Lungs]

Undergraduate's Final Recital [BR] - 2013;

X Encontro Nacional de Compositores ENCUn [BR] - 2012; 

XXVI Panorama da Música Brasileira Atual [BR] - 2012.

Defeitos [Deffects]

Undergraduate's Final Recital [BR] - 2013;

Mostra 0800 5th Ed. - Limiar Ensemble [BR] - 2012;

XXV Panorama da Música Brasileira Atual [BR] - 2010;

Conexão Brasil-Noruega [BR] - 2011; 

Mostra 0800 1st Ed. [BR] - 2009.

PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS, RESIDENCIES

Stichting De Zaaier grant for artistic research PhD in Music [NL] - 2023.


CAPES scholarship for Master's research about failure as creative feedstock in art, under supervision of Prof. Dr. Marcelo Carneiro [BR] - 2015-2017.

Artistic Residency at Kirsten Kjær Museum, Frøstrup [DK] - 2016.

Funarte prize for Classical Composition 2016 with the piece "Custom", for percussion duo [BR].

Best Music by the 72H Rio 2014 Film Festival with the soundtrack for the short "Repressão" [BR].

CNPq scholarship for undergraduate research in Glitch Art, under supervision of Prof. Dr. Rodolfo Caesar [BR] - 2012-2013.

CAPES scholarship for exchange undergraduate studies in Music by West Virginia University [US] - 2010.