Hydrofeminist METitations Episode 4: Phase Transitions
ENSAYOS Listening Series
Episode four, Phase Transitions, was created with fine art graduate students from the Nomad MFA, an interdisciplinary MFA dedicated to regenerative culture, hosted by the University of Hartford. It was produced during a course taught by Ensayistas Camila Marambio and Christy Gast who asked the students (Julie Chen, Arnetha Douglas, Kathryn Cooke Katie Grove, Aiyesha Ghani, Roberta Trentin, Monica Kapoor, and Mauricio Vargas) to think “with” water as they developed segments. Catalina Jaramillo hosts.
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Hydrofeminist METitations Episode 3: The Americas
ENSAYOS Listening Series
Episode three is set in the Americas — in Chile and in New York. In this episode we think with wetlands. We squish through them — in real life and in our imaginations. We experiment with lending each other our ears and our voices to create a chorus — many forms of naming the things that we love and care for. Hema’ny Molina, Elisita Balbontin, Christy Gast, Dr. Bárbara Saavedra, Camila Marambio, Fuente Papudo contribute, and Catalina Jaramillo hosts.
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Hydrofeminist METitations Episode 2: Norway
ENSAYOS Listening Series
Episode two Stories, songs and conversations with artists and scientists about Norwegian waters. The episode explores conservation questions and care ethics from the frozen Arctic to a creek on a farm near Oslo. Karolin Tampere, Randi Nygård, Søssa Jørgensen, Geir Tore Holm, Christy Gast and Karolin Tampere contribute. Catalina Jaramillo is the host.
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Hydrofeminist METitations Episode 1: Eastern Australia
ENSAYOS Listening Series
Stories, songs and conversations with artists and scientists about waters along the east coast of Australia
info_outlineEpisode two is set in Norway and begins in the frozen Arctic. Artist Karolin Tampere has created “A glaciorhythmic audio collage” from the sounds she captured during an artist residency on the island of Spitsbergen. Artist Randi Nygård shares thought-experiment on Norway’s marine resources act, which states that “The wild living marine resources belong to society as a whole in Norway.” Artists Søssa Jørgensen and Geir Tore Holm share a playful manifesto about caring for a creek on their farm outside of Oslo, and a binaural audio collage documenting their 11-day boat journey above the Arctic Circle. The episode closes with "Kings of the Rivers," a song about farmed sea salmon that was written by a group of artists who were part of the Sørfinnset Skole artists-at-sea-residency in 2016. Christy Gast and Karolin Tampere perform the song. Catalina Jaramillo is the host.