micromacronano (2024)

In micromacronano, João Martinho Moura presents an audiovisual performance that blends visual abstractions – real and imagined – across different scales. It incorporates scientific observations from the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory and soundscapes. These spaces become a collision of limits, exploring the boundaries between the microscopic, the macroscopic, and the nanoscopic.

pictures: Rui Andrade

micromacronano serves as a brief compilation of previous works that Moura has developed at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL). It reflects his ongoing artistic explorations at the intersection of science, technology, and digital media. The performance was presented at the 2024 European Researchers’ Night, highlighting the convergence of art and science in a multidisciplinary and immersive experience.

For this project, João Martinho Moura worked closely with Catarina Moura (INL) for five months, developing the concept and execution of the performance. Catarina Moura served as a curator and inspirational producer of the artwork, ensuring an intense artistic and scientific dialogue throughout the creative process, communicating with colleagues at INL, and bridging the technicalities of nanotechnology with the expressive possibilities of media art.

pictures: Rui Andrade

Portuguese media artist and researcher Moura has spent two decades presenting his work in over 20 countries, pushing the boundaries of digital embodiment, interactive art, and immersive environments. His collaboration with INL began in 2016 through the European Commission’s artistic programs. In 2021, he became part of the Technology Engineering Group at INL, contributing to visualization, computer vision, virtual and augmented reality projects, digital media, and artificial intelligence.

List of previous works at INL:

nano abstractions (2017)

Acknowledgments: Cristina Mendanha [Arte Total Cia. | I2ADS – Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto]. António Rafael, Miguel Pedro (Au Au Feio Mau). Gabriela Barros, David Ramalho [Arte Total Cia.]. João Gaspar, Jordi Llobet, Eurico Moreira, Rosana Dias, Marina Dias, Gina Palha [INL, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory]. Ricardo Pistola [I2ADS – Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto]. Theatro Circo Braga.

Nano Geometries (2018)

Acknowledgments: João Gaspar, Jordi Llobet, and Marco Martins. Scale Travels / INL. Media Art Lab coordination: Marina Dias, Inês Costa. Lars Montelius, Eurico Moreira, Rosana Dias, Marina Dias, Inês Costa, and the Micro and Nanofabrication team members. Palácio das Artes Porto.

10e-10 (2018)

Acknowledgments: INL Departments and Groups: Micro and Nanofabrication Department, João Gaspar. Nanochemistry Group, Yury V. Kolen’Ko. Scientific Collaboration: João Gaspar, Jordi Llobet, Marco Martins. Scale Travels / INL Media Art Lab coordination: Marina Dias, Inês Costa. Samples: Jordi Llobet, Rosana Dias, Cláudia, Eurico Moreira. Lars Montelius, Paulo Ferreira, Bernardo Pires, Ariadna Fernández, Alec LaGrow. Micro and Nanofabrication team members. Nanochemistry team members. Forum Braga.

Sci-Fi Miners (2019)

Acknowledgments: INL / Nanolayers / Aalto / CritCat Researchers: Yury Kolenko (INL), Olumide Ayodele (INL), Yasmine Ziouani (INL), Jordi Llobet (INL), Alec LaGrow (INL), Enrique Carbó (INL), David Gao (Nanolayers), Federici Filippo (Nanolayers), Adam Foster (Aalto University), Marc Jäger (Aalto University), Prokop Hapala (Aalto University), Yang Lei (Aalto University). INL collaborators: Marina Dias, Inês Costa. INOVA+: Marta Coto. STARTS: Louise Enjalbert. Research Institutions: Tampere University, Finland; Aalto-korkeakoulusäätio, Finland; NPL Management Limited, United Kingdom, Forschungszentrum Julich Gmbh, Germany; INL (International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory), Portugal; Syngaschem Bv, Netherlands; Tethis Spa, Italy;  Nanolayers Research Computing Ltd, United Kingdom; Swansea University, United Kingdom. IRCAM Centre Pompidou, Paris; Le 104, Paris; Art Center Nabi, Seoul.

) rev ( (2019)

Acknowledgments: INL, Scale Travels. By Pedro Tudela and João Martinho Moura. Work created in collaboration with gnration and INL, Microfabrication and Exploratory Nanotechnology Group, under the Scale Travels program. Acknowledgments: João Gaspar, Jordi Llobet, MeN Group, Inês Costa, Marina Dias, Ilídio Marques, Francisco Quintas. Curatorship: Luis Fernandes. gnration.

micromacronano (2024)

Acknowledgments: Catarina Moura, Mariam Debs, Sara Abalde, Alexandra Teixeira, Miguel Xavier, Diogo Moreira, Margarida Esteves, Marco Martins, and INL Technology Engineering Group members. Forum Braga. Noite Europeia dos Investigadores.