In the Tired Watering
summary
Performance stages a climate claim: water “speaks” and rising seas are imminent, using a written sonic composition, communal rhythmic chants and an unraveling of fabric as practical tools. Visitors are repeatedly told “water is coming leave!”, creating confusion that culminates in the space being physically flooded and visually devastated at the Biennale site, so the piece succeeds as both ritualized warning and tangible demonstration of displacement.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:16Extractivism critique
- 6:31Genesis of performance
- 8:58Water as climate medium
- 13:34Sonic composition
- 16:48Sound and indigenous knowledge
- 17:33Whispering to the wind
- 18:58Poetry and unspeakable
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