Pro­du­ced en­ti­re­ly from so­unds re­cor­ded in the Ama­zon ra­in­fo­rest in Bra­zil and Co­lom­bia, Por­tals evo­kes the hid­den world of so­unds that lie beyond our per­cep­ti­on.
Whe­ther con­cea­led in ultra-sonic fre­quen­cy re­gis­ters or in the depths of the aqua­tic me­di­um, these so­unds bear wit­ness to an un­suspec­ted and tee­ming ani­mal ac­ti­vi­ty. In­sects, frogs, bats and fres­hwa­ter dol­phins move about, hi­ding from our eyes and ears. Re­ve­aling this pa­let­te of so­unds, in par­ti­cu­lar through trans­po­si­ti­on, and pla­cing it back in the realm of the au­di­ble, Jana Ir­mert in­vi­tes and gui­des us on a fa­s­ci­na­ting ex­plo­ra­ti­on of an un­suspec­ted, spe­cu­la­ti­ve and non-human world of sound, which she ex­po­ses and re­com­po­ses in a way that is both re­spect­ful and per­so­nal, ac­com­pa­ny­ing this tee­ming and fa­s­ci­na­ting sound ma­te­ri­al in a mu­si­cal ge­sture of great cla­ri­ty.

Por­tals is an at­t­empt to ac­cess the evo­ca­ti­ve power of an Ama­zo­ni­an fo­rest on the brink of ca­tas­tro­phe, through a de­cent­ring of the lis­te­n­ing ex­pe­ri­ence de­li­ca­te­ly com­po­sed by Jana Ir­mert. (François Bon­net)