Water Memory
Water Memory. Mnemosonic Topographies of the Adriatic
Support: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Artistic research by Manja Ristić titled Water Memory is the continuation of a multi-annual endeavour of the author in the domain of research in sound characteristics of a landscape (field recording, soundscape composition, sound-mapping, phenomenological techniques of listening), then inconspicuous relationships among sound, memory, and trauma of the landscape, as well as synesthetic artistic expressions while investigating specific historical localities which comprise linking the media of experimental photography (photo score, listening score), sound in-situ choreographies (sound walks, improvised gestures, and interventions).
This art research leads towards a multimedia edition (booklet + music) with comprehensive background that includes anthropological narratives, a theory about the phenomenology of listening, research in synesthetic features of sound and image as well as experimental poetry in the local dialect.
"The music in this work is built around recordings of sound pollution below and above the water surface (due to increased water traffic, sand pumps used for “more ecological” beach filling, sounds of the sea bed covered with artificial gravel, over-betonisation of the lime-stone coast); derelict archaeological sites, abandoned ex-Yugoslavian military sites, abandoned quarries spanning from Neolithic to Medieval times, some of which were still operating until the mid 20th century." (Manja Ristić)
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About author
Manja Ristić
Graduated from the Faculty of Music, University of Belgrade (2001), and then completed postgraduate studies at the Royal College in London in 2004. As a solo and chamber performer of classical music, she performed across Europe, including collaborating with world-acclaimed mentors, conductors, and performers. After her postgraduate studies, she turned to multimedia performance and research in the domain of instrumental electro-acoustic. With the group ERUPTION, as well as via innumerable cooperations with composers, visual and conceptual artists, and theatre and cinema directors, Manja Ristić performed in the USA, UK, France, Denmark, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, etc. She founded the Association of Multimedia Artists AUROPOLIS, which, thanks to her work in the fields of production, activism, and art that spanned over a decade, presented large series of cultural events, artistic productions, and international projects. She lives and works in Korčula where she manages the production house Electric Ladyland.
