Memories of Water, Memories of Air
Memory of Water, Memory of Air brings together five artists whose works explore the body as a site of memory, ritual, and transformation. Through movement, sound, video, and performance, the programme navigates themes of cultural erasure, displacement, ancestral healing, and corporeal presence — shaped by the shifting forces of water and air. At its core lies a question: Can ephemeral arts — a language of the body, movement, and sound — create spaces of remembrance and resilience in times of crisis and ecological instability? By reflecting on lost or threatened natural elements — clean air, clean water — the programme considers how temporary experiences might nurture collective memory, offer space for grieving, and shed light on our complex relationship with an environment in flux. Rooted in the folk traditions of Eastern Europe and shaped by voices often excluded from mainstream climate discourse — such as those of the Polish Łemko community, whose water rituals offer unique perspectives on ecological memory, displacement, and adaptation — this project unfolds as both a lament and a call to action. It creates space where the ephemeral and the elemental entwine, transforming movement, sound, and visual arts into vessels for the documentation and transmission of ecological, embodied, and ancestral memory.
Rhythms, Voices, Rituals – An exploration of sound as a medium to reflect, mourn, meditate, and heal.
Rhythms, Voices, Rituals – An exploration of sound as a medium to reflect, mourn, meditate, and heal. Venice’s iconic Palazzo Contarini Polignac will host Rhythms, Voices, Rituals, an immersive two-day event combining auditory, visual, and performative projects that invite us to reflect on how we can harness sound and music as spaces of nurture. […]
