O Morto is one of the aliases of Mestre André (André Pinto), who works as a field-recordist, performer, composer and sound artist for film, dance, performance and theater. Mestre André composes electro-acoustic sound work for multi-channel systems as O Morto, improvises electronic music as Alacrau and produces beats as Notwan. He belongs to the bands Älforjs,
Jibóia and
Banha Da Cobra.
Beekeeper involved in the ecological thinking of aesthetics in natural contexts, he has explored aesthetics of rupture, with theoretical work on "sociopolitical aesthetics of noise and art". Now, this work reflects on an ecological thinking of creative practice and aesthetic relationships within natural human and nonhuman contexts.
