Technique: speakers, media player

Viseu Rural 2.0
Documenting and [Re]expressing Rural Heritage
Collective Exhibition

Casa das Memorias, Viseu (Portugal)
28 November 2015 - 17 April 2016

https://binauralmedia.org/news/en/arquivo/8235

with:
Luus Costa
David Prior
Frances Crow
Antye Greie (AGF)
Sergio Bonilha
Luciana Ohira
Jason Kahn
Rui Costa
Maile Colber

The German word Wanderung translates to "a walk, a hike," and in the context of this piece refers not so much to a walk through the environs of the Viseu region as represented by the recordings I was sent as source material for this composition, as by the memories these recordings evoke; sending me on a "Wanderung" through all my recollections of the week I spent in the region in the early summer of 2009.

There is always the sound, the recording of the sound and then how this recording triggers certain thoughts, impressions and recollections. In the case of these recordings forming the basis of my piece, I was faced with a deluge of images and sounds, perhaps more vivid in my memory than the actual recordings themselves. Which made me very happy, as I realized that I will always carry these sounds and images of the region with me, stored there in my memory any time I feel like a Wanderung.

Viseu Rural 2.0 is an integrated project of heritage documentation, sound / media creation and cultural diffusion, which first edition took place in 2015 in the rural areas of the municipality of Viseu. The project is part of the Tramontana European network of memory archives from rural areas, of which Binaural/Nodar is currently main partner and the municipality of Viseu is associated partner.

The following people were interviewed: Zhiwar Abdulaadir, Sara Salia, Rezhan Abdullah, Shler Ali, Lareen Aram, Luduc Azad, Meer Baban, Rwa Fakhraden, Sivar Jalal, Sanger Abdulah Kareem, Hazha Khalid , Hardi Kurda, Kardo Mahdy, Shnyar Mahmud, Masfan Maviwan, Dana Mhamad, Nazhad Mhamad, Mastom Mohammed, Bawan Nawshirwan, Hozyar Nwry, Avin Osman, Sherwan Propro, Biyar Rashid, Shangar Rauf, Rokhosh Rawoof, Hazhan Salam, Niga Salam, Sana Saman, Shaw Shawkab, Bzwhen Suly, Diyaako Xaton, Aryan Yaseeh.

Audio excerpt from the installation.

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