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SOUNDS FROM TORTURE

TitleSOUNDS FROM TORTURE
BrandAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PORTUGAL
Product/ServiceSTOP TORTURE
Category A08. USE OF MUSIC/SOUND DESIGN
Entrant Company LEO BURNETT LISBOA, PORTUGAL
Advertising Agency LEO BURNETT LISBOA, PORTUGAL
Credits
Name Company Position
Luciana Cani Leo Burnett Lisboa Executive Creative Director
Steve Colmar Leo Burnett Lisboa Copywriter
Nuno Salvaterra Leo Burnett Lisboa Head Of Art/Designer
Nuno Frade Leo Burnett Lisboa Head Of Digital Production
Leonardo Pinheiro Leo Burnett Lisboa Art Director
Jaime Nascimento Leo Burnett Lisboa Copywriter
Raul Palhares Leo Burnett Lisboa Copywriter
Emanuel Serodio Leo Burnett Lisboa Sound Designer
Hugo Lage Leo Burnett Lisboa Director
Cristina Almeida Leo Burnett Lisboa Production Director
Nuno Pina Freelancer Production Art Director
Henrique Serra Freelance Dop
Cristovão Exposed Image Photographer
JSVC Builders
Grupo Nova Imagem Studio And Lightning
Skills Studio Sound Capture
Dizplay Audio Post Production
Todos.pt Studio

Creative Execution

Musicians and artists were invited to build this new musical instrument. Hammers, barrels, knives, pliers, boiling, battery, ropes, were put together to make this sound echoing on the website soundsfromtorture.com. At this website, it’s possible to test each part of the drum set and to compare both sounds. One provoked by pain, other by music.

The sound caught the ears of musicians and the press, who helped amplifying it. While the musicians played the drum set, the press made it sound louder. And now Amnesty International has a new instrument to help victims of torture and abuse be heard across Portugal.

In many countries, people suffer from torture and abuse, everyday. A sound that is not heard by everyone. If the suffering of torture victims wasn't being heard, we decided to amplify this sound so everyone would listen to this call for help. In order to do that, we built a drum set from several instruments used in torture methods.