Perennial Bridges over Temporary Waters
Original idea by Luís Costa
Text, voice and staging by Luís Costa
Visual design and video documentation by Liliana Silva
Sound piece by Rui Costa
Participation of local musical and ethnographic groups

“Perennial bridges over temporary waters” is a collective performance by Binaural Nodar, initially developed for the Viseu Dão Lafões Cultural Network, in the form of a multidisciplinary concert of multisensory and anthropological activation of bridges in the territory of the Viseu Dão Lafões Intermunicipal Community, using the entire surrounding context, the architectural characteristics of bridges and local histories to generate unique and unrepeatable experiences.

Each performance takes place on the banks of rivers next to bridges with heritage value, in the context of which the sounds of the surrounding landscape are activated, local stories of the bridge and the relationship of communities with the river are told. A tribute is also paid to the musical and singing tradition of the locations where the show is presented, with its active participation in the course of it.

Presentations:

15 September 2018: Romanic bridge over river Dão (Trancozelos, Municipality of Penalva do Castelo)
25 May 2019: Romanic bridge over river Zela (Vouzela, Municipality of Vouzela)