FRESH WATER, SALT WATER
Created by Luís Costa and Ana Rodríguez

A Binaural Nodar and Amaneï Salina co-production, in collaboration with the Municipality of Castro Daire, the Municipality of Santa Marina di Salina, Associazione Villa Lucia and Mapa sonoro de Uruguay.

In the context of three artist residencies held in September and October 2023, Luís Costa and Ana Rodríguez created an audiovisual work that relates the uses of water in three Atlantic and Mediterranean regions: riverside villages in the municipality of Castro Daire in Portugal, the town of Rincón de Paiva, located in northeastern Uruguay (near the border with Brazil) and the island of Salina, part of the Aeolian Islands archipelago in the Italian region of Sicily.

What is the “soul of the place” of a village bathed by a river or an island surrounded by the sea? How does the presence of water influence the worldview of its inhabitants? How has the relationship between places and water and its uses changed over the decades? What words are used to refer to this relationship, in its various domains (geographical lexicon, artisanal fishing, toponymy, architectural forms, stories, etc.)?

The audiovisual piece “Fresh water, salt water” was structured in the form of a spatio-temporal flow, organized into three narrative blocks, corresponding to each of the research places.

Acknowledgments:

Santa Marina di Salina (Italy): Daniela Corrias, Elettra Bottazzi, Francesco Cappadonia, Gianluca Barbuto, Giuseppina Maratona, Salvatore Cusenza and Valeria Moro.

Rincón de Paiva (Uruguay): Susana Botello, Pablo Díaz, Víctor de Brum, Siegler Rodríguez, Antonio Cruz, Janis Alaniz, Romário Cruz, Jesús Manuel Costa, Flor de Lis Sosa Caétano, Aníbal Araújo, Iriberto Mauro Ramos, Ivanosca Brun, Alaides de Brum, Carol Fontes and María José Techera.

Reriz and VIla Nova (Portugal): Adelino Francisco, António Fernandes, Beatriz Almeida, Elettra Bottazzi, Lurdes Fernandes, Maria Lucinda Pinto, Teresa Pereira and Vittoria Assembri.

Binaural Nodar is a cultural organization supported by the Portuguese Government – Culture | Directorate-General for the Arts.