ÁGUA DOCE, ÁGUA SALGADA
A creation of 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, the Associazione Villa Lucia and Mapa Sonoro de Uruguay.

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

What “soul of the place” does a village bathed by a river or an island surrounded by sea have? 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 mention this relationship, in its various domains (geographical lexicon, artisanal fishing, toponymy, architectural forms, stories, etc.)?

The audiovisual piece “Água Doce, Água Sal” was structured in the form of a spatio-temporal line, organized into three narrative blocks, corresponding to each of the places of investigation.

Thanks:

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 Sánchez.

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