Damn!
Tea Andreoletti and working group

Damn! (work in progress) is a site-responsive performance. Drawing from the eco-optimist perspective of solarpunk and speculative narratives, Damn! looks at the relationships with large water management and control structures, and their social and political impact on local territories and communities. Viewing dams as a complex system, the performance asks how we can learn from them to collectively dream of transformative water justice. Through an embodied practice of water tasting and through the lenses of hydrofeminism and science fiction, the performance challenges systems of water control. It explores the interconnected effects on ecosystems, as well as the social and political implications of water management infrastructures on the landscape. Damn! adapts to each context in which it is presented, incorporating aspects related to the local water infrastructure and pressing water management issues in each location.

Concept Tea Andreoletti

In dialogue with Sanna Ritvanen and Isterika Istorika

Direction Tea Andreoletti

With (working group in progress)

Costumes and set Anna Gaiti

Co-production Santarcangelo Festival, Théâtre l’Aire Libre, Le Citron Jaune – Centre National des Arts de la Rue et de l’Espace Public.

Supported by the network R.O.M (Residencies On the Move) at Théâtre l’Aire Libre at the invitation of Santarcangelo Festival. R.O.M is supported by the European Union in the framework of the program Creative Europe, Conseil des arts de Montréal and Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

Interested in processes of shared responsibility, feminist leadership and local governance in rural areas, Tea Andreoletti works with participatory performance, water tasting and site-based storytelling to explore collective memory and resource management. Since 2020, Tea’s artistic practice has revolved around the issues of the rural area of Alta Valle Seriana, in the Alps of Northern Italy, where she grew up. As a certified hydrosommelier, since 2016 Tea has been researching water, using water tasting to question the accessibility, properties and memories of water. In collaboration with artist Eero Yli-Vakkuri, they have conducted extensive research on mineral waters and the taste of the Baltic Sea. Tea has presented her work at festivals including ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival Kuopio, Baltic Circle Festival Helsinki, Periferico Festival Modena, Mòzg Festival Bydgoszcz and Barents Spektakel Kirkenes.

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