In: A Rhinocerous in Tuttinópolis: notes on the art of weaving human woofs and landscapes of listening.

Unlike other invisible cities, Tutinopolis really exists. Fragile, ephemeral, unpredictable, beautiful and elusive, it has been built on several sites over the last few years. It has neither streets nor houses, it is made of threads patiently weaved with sounds, that some persist in designating as Music. In Tuttinópolis people, birds and flowers, porcelains, crystals, pianos, computers, music boxes and other super-sonic instruments cohabit. In Tuttinópolis there are no walls, the stones are used to make inner gardens or to dance. People are very different from each other but they have the peculiarity of being able to understand each other because a “babelim” made of sounds, movement and images is created each time the bodies and voices intersect. The birds of Tuttinópolis have the colors that the children give them and they sing because they do.

PAULO MARIA RODRIGUES is a composer, performer, artistic director and educator. After completing a PhD in genetics and biochemistry at the University of East Anglia, he resumed earlier music studies and graduated in opera at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and composition with Rolf Gehlhaar. His interest in Music Theatre led him to collaborate with artists in different fields and start several multidisciplinary projects, including Bach2Cage and Companhia de Música Teatral. With Companhia de Música Teatral he has developed many artistic and educational projects, exploring the inter- section of music and other artistic languages and technology, and addressing the idea of art as a tool for human development. Some of this work has been presented in Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Poland, Finland, Germany, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Brazil and China, and has appeared in academic publications. Between 2006 and 2010, as Coordinator of Educational Services of the Casa da Música, he was responsible for conceiving and implementing a vast and eclectic programme of activities, including projects for the disabled, communities, schools and families. He was Visiting Professor at the School of Arts of the Catholic University of Porto, Associate Researcher at the Advanced h Collegium and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Art at the University of Aveiro.