Magical Fresh & Salty Conversation: Rhythmic Bodies
In this episode, "Rhythmic Bodies: A Walk Through the Performance-Expedition, Breathings of the moon,” we are joined by curator of performance and ecology Lucia Pietroiusti, who interviews the S+T+ARTS artists in residence Diego Delas and Leonor Serrano Rivas to discuss the performance-expedition they developed during their residency in Venice. In his work Mundus Subterraneus, published in 1665, the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher devised a theory on the movement of water, claiming that water moves in an upward motion from the sea to the mountains. Although incorrect, this theory was the departing point for Diego Delas and Leonor Serrano Rivas to explore the notion of water moving upward, the Venetian acqua alta, and the magical rhythms of the lagoon from the perspective of the water itself. This episode focuses on the materiality of their artistic project and its various components: the tides of the Venice Lagoon and its acqua alta, the moon cycles, the rhythm of rowing and the audience’s heartbeat, all becoming magical strategies to help us become attuned to the voice of the water. Magical Fresh & Salty Conversations is produced by TBA21–Academy with the support of STARTS, an initiative by the European Commission. Special thanks to our host and guests: Diego Delas, Lucia Pietroiusti, and Leonor Serrano Rivas. Editor at large: María Montero Sierra Sound edited by: Elena Zieser Introduction and credits voice-over: Nathan Johnson Music by horizonsnd and underwater sound recordings of the Venetian Lagoon by Sonia Levy and Jez Riley French Produced by: Miriam Calabrese, María Montero Sierra, Katarina Rakušček, and the artists. Hear more episodes at ocean-archive.org or subscribe with your podcast provider.