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“Connecters Vol. 1: Original Recordings, 1992–1999 marks the first public release by Larrison, the recording alias of Midwestern visual artist and musician Larrison Seidle. Composing, programming, and recording entirely on a Casio CZ-5000 during the halcyon days of early ‘90s homespun exploration and experimentation, Larrison inhabited a dreamworld of his invention, soundtracked by space age pop vignettes speckling with hypnotic, ebullient layered synthesizer melodies. Unfolding across 26 tracks, all newly restored and mastered from the original sources, Connecters Vol. 1 reinvents itself, song by song, transcending time and defying the fated obscurity of this brilliant, discreet music made three decades ago.”

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“The publication opens with an analysis of the Condomínio Gondarém building—designed in 1982 in Foz do Porto by João Guimarães Serôdio—offering a critical revisitation of an architect whose understated presence in historiography contrasts with the enduring impact of his work on Porto’s urban fabric and daily life. Focusing on this housing project, the book uses it as a lens to examine the city’s transformation during the 1980s, a period of profound urban, social, and architectural change. Through essays and archival materials, the publication investigates collective housing, everyday life, and the broader processes of urban transition. The book brings together critical essays, including a text by Pedro Serôdio—the architect’s grandson—which introduces a personal and intergenerational dimension, and photographs by Giovanna Silva, which offer a reading that is both documentary and authorial of the work.”

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