From a materialist approach to sound, his work is guided by questions of cultural memory, tradition, technology, crossings of music history and socio-politics. His music disseminates these issues with a personal vocabulary, assembling surreal narratives for concrete spaces.
Through visual and/or sound mechanisms, Polido seeks the evanescent threshold between recognition and alienation. Polido's work takes the form of concerts, mixes, texts, talks, listening sessions, and exhibitions for contexts such as Batalha - Centro de Cinema, ICA London, 12th Berlin Biennale, MAAT, Sismógrafo*, NTS Radio, Sonsbeek 20->24*, Ruhr Ding*, and Spirit Shop.
Polido runs the embryonic label Projecto de Vida through which he organises evenings of music and conversation, and his music has been published by the labels ANA, Holuzam, Bus Editions, Lynn, Left Alone, and c-.
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Público/Ipsílon - crítica: Hearing Smoke (pdf)
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Público/Ipsílon - João Polido: dissecar, retrabalhar e expandir a tradição musical portuguesa (pdf)
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Common Time - 2020 Recap
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Flur - Entrevista sobre “Sabor A Terra / A Casa e os Cães”
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Rimas e Batidas - Entrevista
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AQNB - All that is solid: Polido presents a non-linear model of an object’s physical continuity in the suspended minerals of ‘Trait’
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Tiny Mix Tapes - Portuguese sound artist Polido releases Time Is When TODAY via Lynn/Boyce Hatti
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Público/Ipsílon - O caso cada vez mais sério da electrónica portuense
Oct.12th
Nov.9th
Nov.15th
Nov.23rd
Update log 11/10/2024:
- Added “Sombra de Vento” text (PT only)
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