Thirst Walk & Talk: On water as continuity.

In Search of the Pluriverse

With designer Nur Horsanalı, urbanist Yaşar Adnan Adanalı, river mobiliser Li An Phoa and architect Eva Pfannes from OOZE.

Finally Sophie and Erik meet up with Nur Horsanalı, Yaşar Adnan Adanalı, Eva Pfannes from OOZE and Li An Phoa at the same time, in virtual space. After a synchronised one hour walk, following the THIRST WALK instructions Sophie wrote, we meet online in public space. Calling in from İstanbul, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and The Hague. Accompanied by the sound of mosques, playing children and a Dutch breeze, we talk about water inside and outside our bodies, about water as infrastructure, as lifeline, as disappointment, as part of our practice and as a continuous flow that connects everything and everybody across generations.

Cited references

• Vliet Canal, The Hague, Netherlands, dated back to 47 AD
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vliet_(canal)
• Taksim Square fountain, Beyoğlu, İstanbul
  artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/taks…ICzpgA-6ypJg
• 2013 Gezi protests
  bianet.org/english/crisis/1515…i-resistance-report
• Çesme (public fountain)
  www.ktb.gov.tr/EN-113835/fountai…man-istanbul.html
• Thirst Walk Instructions (Exercise #4)
  pluriverse.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/en/exercises
• Amstel river, Amsterdam
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstel
• Hamidiye bottled water
  hamidiye.istanbul/
• Ayazağa Creek, Sarıyer/Istanbul
  41.114407, 28.998969
• Hefbrug Rotterdam
  rotterdammakeithappen.nl/en/media-obj…the-hefbrug/
• Rhine Watershed
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_watershed
• Vortex (the etymological root of the word vertical)
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex
• Delta
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_delta
• Trekvaart
  www.britannica.com/topic/Trekvaart
• Swimming in the Maas
  www.rotterdamcityblog.com/city-rotterd…m-swim-2015/
• Swimming in the Bosphorus
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0WEHmZl5nk
• Animal çesme (automated style)
  www.tuzla.bel.tr/icerik/888/7188/…-su-otomati.aspx
• Bird architecture (Ottoman bird houses)
  www.cnnturk.com/yasam/osmanlinin-kus-koskleri
• Center for Spatial Justice roof garden @ysrdnl
  www.instagram.com/p/CNM8zQwAkof

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