This video essay documents the performative lecture "Perturbação e Coexistência," delivered by researcher Prof. Miguel Costa during the launch of the book Vegetação Inquieta at Casa São Roque in 2025. The book, edited by Costa and co-edited by me (Daniel Sorrentino), serves as the conceptual foundation for this performance. The film argues for a multisensory engagement with botanical themes, where the spoken word interacts dialectically with a curated flow of images and sounds.
My role involved the complete technical direction of visual and audio media, as well as the sound design that accompanied the live reading, transforming a traditional lecture into an immersive audiovisual essay. The sound design and editing are essential to the work's objective of bridging scientific research and artistic expression. By synchronizing the performer's narrative with a bespoke sonic environment, the video captures the tension between the organic subject matter and the analytical discourse. This documentation acts as a secondary layer of the essay, preserving the ephemeral nature of the performance while highlighting the symbiotic relationship between editorial research and technical execution.
TECHNICAL SHEET
Project: Perturbação e Coexistência (Disturbance and Coexistence)
Performer/Researcher: Prof. Miguel Costa
Editorial Context: Vegetação Inquieta (Edited by M. Costa; Co-edited by D. Sorrentino)
Role: Technical Director, Video Editor, and Sound Designer
Year: 2025 Location: Casa São Roque, Porto, Portugal
Medium: Video Essay / Performance Documentation
Technical Specifications:
Multimedia Direction: Live synchronization of visual projections and audio landscapes during the performance.
Sound Design: Creation of a bespoke sonic environment to accompany the spoken narrative.
Editing: Translation of a live performative event into a standalone digital video essay.
Themes: Botanical philosophy, multisensory research, editorial-performance hybridity, and immersive documentation.