Filipa Santos Antunes
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Multidisciplinary artist working between sound, sculpture, and performative experience. Based in Milan, currently completing a MA in Product & Service Design.
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A practice working at the seam of sound, sculpture, and performative experience — concerned with identity, memory, and the residue of what we cannot see.

Filipa Santos Antunes (b. 2003) began through the piano — twelve years of classical training and a professional degree — before moving toward experimental sound, audiovisual installation, ceramics, and product design. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sound and Image from the School of Arts of the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP‑EA), specializing in Multimedia Arts.

In 2024 she began Beyond the Unseen, an immersive piece merging handcrafted ceramic and metal objects with atonal sound composition, exploring identity, memory, and Indigenous cosmologies.

In 2026, Beyond the Unseen is included in Mental Load and Invisible Work, a group exhibition curated by the University of Applied Arts Vienna, presented at Trinkhalle, Bad Ischl (May), ECC Palazzo Mora at the Venice Biennale (May–November), and Angewandte Festival 2026, Vienna (July). Earlier in 2026, Strolling Beats — a collaborative piece developed with Tommaso Ricani, Jad Fayad and Marta Manolova during a workshop led by Ruth Mateus-Berr at NABA — was included in La Pianta. La Memoria e Noi. at Forum Austriaco di Cultura, Roma.

She is currently completing a Master in Product and Service Design at NABA, Milan, extending her practice into material exploration and spatial approach.

1.1 Beyond the Unseen Sound + Sculpture · 2024 — ongoing PT
Selected for Mental Load and Invisible Work · 2026 · Trinkhalle, Bad Ischl · ECC Palazzo Mora, Venice Biennale · Angewandte Festival, Vienna
1.2 Strolling Beats Collaborative · 2026 IT
Included in La Pianta. La Memoria e Noi. · Forum Austriaco di Cultura, Roma · digital format
2.1 May Design Internship Product Design · 2025 PT
2.2 Elaris Product · Service · 2024 IT
2.3 Algaris Product Design · 2023 IT
Between sound, sculpture, and the unseen.
2026 Mental Load and Invisible Work Group exhibition · curated by the Univ. of Applied Arts Vienna
Centre for Art Education and Interdisciplinary Teaching
Trinkhalle · Bad Ischl, AT — 06.05—16.05.2026
ECC Palazzo Mora · Venice Biennale, IT — 09.05—22.11.2026
Angewandte Festival · Vienna, AT — 01.07—04.07.2026
Upcoming
2026 La Pianta. La Memoria e Noi. Tattiche di negoziazione per la pace nel mondo
Strolling Beats · digital inclusion
Forum Austriaco di Cultura · Roma, IT
24.03 — 17.04.2026
Featured
2024 Panorama '24 — Não foi Cabral School of Arts, UCP · Porto, PT · sept 2024 Selected
2024 OPALA Centro Multimeios de Espinho · PT · jul 2024 Selected
2024 Serralves em Festa — Beyond the Unseen Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art · Porto, PT
may — jun 2024
Selected

Antunes Filipa (2026). Contribution in: La Pianta. La Memoria e Noi. Tattiche di negoziazione per la pace nel mondo (Exhibition Catalogue, pp. 67–76).

Publisher
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien (Demedarts & NABA)
E-ISBN
978-3-903525-21-4
DOI
10.57752/uaav_la_pianta.la_memoria.e_noi
Education
2024 — 2026 Master of Product & Service DesignAccepted with Merit Scholarship Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti · Milan
2021 — 2024 Bachelor of Arts in Sound & ImageMultimedia Arts Specialization School of Arts, UCP · Porto
2023 Python Programming Course Faculty of Sciences, Univ. of Porto
12 yrs Classical PianoProfessional Degree Portugal
Academic
2025 — 2026 Academic Tutor · Product & Service Design Labw/ Prof. Arch. Luca M. Buttafava NABA · Milan
2023 — 2024 President · General Assembly BoardStudent Council UCP-EA · Porto
2022 — 2023 Public Relations · Student Council UCP-EA · Porto
Design Practice
jul–aug 2025 Design Summer Intern May Design
Skills & Tools
Strategic Design PlanningService DesignFigma PythonAdobe PremiereAdobe Audition PhotoshopIllustratorSound Composition CeramicsMetal FabricationNotion Microsoft SuiteClassical Piano
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1.1 / Beyond the Unseen
Project file · 2024 — ongoing

Beyond the
Unseen

TypeSound + Sculpture
Installation
Year2024 — ongoing
LocationPorto, PT
RoleArtist · Composer
Sculptor
Sculpted ceramic and iron instruments inspired by Indigenous practice, activated through atonal sound composition — exploring identity, memory, and the wounds of colonial narrative.

Developed under the working theme Não foi Cabral, the project pushes back against the framing of Pedro Álvares Cabral's 1500 arrival as Brazil's "discovery", and against the Eurocentric historical narrative built around it. It draws on Indigenous resistance, music, and ritual as a starting point — a meditation on what artistic mediums can do when they are treated as refuges, allowing connection with displaced perspectives.

The objects are built from contrasting materials: ceramic (soft, resonant) and iron (metallic, deep) — a fusion familiar to Indigenous ritual sound. Early prototypes paired iron bodies with saxophone and kazoo mouthpieces, mixing melodic, percussive, and buzzing timbres. The sound itself moves away from traditional tonality: atonal composition, looped, displacing harmonic expectation.

The full research, process documentation, and exhibition records live at beyondtheunseen.art.

Exhibition History
2026 Mental Load and Invisible WorkGroup exhibition · Univ. of Applied Arts Vienna
Trinkhalle, Bad Ischl · ECC Palazzo Mora, Venice Biennale · Angewandte Festival, Vienna
AT · IT · AT
2024 Serralves em FestaSelected artist Serralves Museum · Porto, PT
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1.2 / Strolling Beats
Project file · 2026

Strolling
Beats

TypeCollaborative Object
Workshop Project
Year2026
WorkshopLed by Ruth Mateus-Berr
NABA, Milan
w/Tommaso Ricani
Jad Fayad
Marta Manolova
A collection of walking aids that emit sound — and, in some pieces, scent.

Strolling Beats is a collaborative piece developed with Tommaso Ricani, Jad Fayad and Marta Manolova during a workshop led by Ruth Mateus-Berr at NABA, Milan.

It was subsequently included — in digital format — in La Pianta. La Memoria e Noi. Tattiche di negoziazione per la pace nel mondo at Forum Austriaco di Cultura, Roma (24.03 — 17.04.2026), with associated catalogue.

Publication
2026 Antunes Filipa (2026). Contribution in: La Pianta. La Memoria e Noi.Pp. 67–76 · E-ISBN 978-3-903525-21-4 · DOI 10.57752/uaav_la_pianta.la_memoria.e_noi Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
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2.1 / May Design Internship
Project file · 2025

May Design
Internship

TypeProduct Design
Strategy · Concept
Yearjul — aug 2025
LocationPortugal
RoleDesign Summer Intern
Summer internship at May Design — working across brand visual identity and the production of tailored furniture.

The work covered both ends of the studio. On the visual side: refining the brand's email signature and portfolio, and designing an interior decoration book.

On the production side: assisting in the development of tailored furniture pieces — including a TV stand and shelf, a dining table, and a working table with drawers — from concept through to fabrication detail.

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2.2 / Elaris
Project file · 2024

Elaris

TypeSpeculative Mobility
Product Design
Year2024
LocationMilan, IT
AuthorsLuhan Yang ·
Filipa Santos Antunes
NABA Project
A self-sufficient urban mobility solution — integrating solar intelligence, lightweight materials, and inclusive design for a cleaner, calmer 2050.

Elaris is a co-designed project by Luhan Yang and Filipa Santos Antunes, developed within the MA at NABA, Milan.

The proposal speculates on what urban mobility could look like in 2050 given trajectories in solar panel efficiency. A 1.0 m² surface operating at 30–35% efficiency would meet an e-bike's daily energy demand of approximately 400 Wh, making genuinely self-charging vehicles technically feasible at the timescale considered.

The work moves through market trend research, technical feasibility analysis, and iterative sketch-based concept development — toward a vehicle that addresses both ecological and accessibility concerns.

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2.3 / Algaris
Project file · 2023

Algaris

TypeProduct Design
Year2023
LocationMilan, IT
RoleProduct Designer
A speculative Portuguese brand at the intersection of traditional ceramics and eco-conscious design innovation.

Algaris is positioned around rethinking how ceramics get made — transforming the industry through low-impact, naturally-derived solutions that improve material performance while reducing ecological harm.

Developed within the MA at NABA, Milan.

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