PHOTOGRAPHIC AND SOUND SOUND EXHIBITION “WOMEN OF WATER IN THE PARISH OF CALDE”
Photo and sound exhibition
By Ana Margarida Ferreira and Luís Costa
From October 26th to November 22nd, 2024
Várzea de Calde Linen Museum
A co-production between Binaural Nodar, the Municipality of Viseu and the Calde Civil Parish Council.
The exhibition “Women of Water in the Parish of Calde” is a tribute to all the women, young, adult and old, of the parish of Calde, highlighting the deep intergenerational cohesion of these lands located to the north of the city of Viseu, as well as aiming to establish a symbolic relationship between women and water, which is present in so many cultures and civilizations, such as the placenta of pregnant women, baptismal water; water and purification of the body, water for watering fields, water and psychological well-being, etc.
“Women of Water in the Parish of Calde” is also part of the European Tramontana Network, an initiative co-funded by the Creative Europe program and which brings together 11th partners from 7th countries, with the cultural heritage of mountain regions as a theme for multidisciplinary intervention, in the areas of ethnographic sound and audiovisual research, ethnographic and artistic education, the development of digital archives, and contemporary artistic creation and programming.
Binaural Nodar is an organization supported by the Portuguese Republic – Culture | Directorate-General for the Arts.