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SWS21 2021

Soundwalk: “Aquí habita un río” (A river lives here)

Panama
6 minutes
English / Spanish

The International Analogio Festival

21 - 28 Sep, 2021 · 10 items

Walking as a Question

4 - 17 Jul, 2021 · 109 items
Sound walk

Have you ever talked to a river? Bodies of water carry knowledge about who we are and how we related to the human and non-human. Panama City has a strong bond with bodies of water through the Panama Canal and its eight urban rivers, but how is that relationship?

This multisensorial soundwalk followed one of those rivers and the most polluted: Matasnillo River. This is a letter to its six-kilometer of stream from the source until it reaches the ocean. What can the river tell about the world? What does the river say about us? This is an open letter to its path.

Credits

Hosted by: HUB Prespa

APA style reference

Alzamora, M. (2021). Soundwalk: “Aquí habita un río” (A river lives here). walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece/soundwalk-aqui-habita-un-rio-a-river-lives-here/

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