MARTA DUARTE DA VEIGA

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MOTHER

Multimedia installation for the Underverket Festival at Värmeverket.
2024

At the end of the UNMUTE residency at Värmeverket the artists Alexandra Moreno, Maria Pita Guerreiro and Marta Duarte da Veiga had the aim to highlight the symbiotic relationship between humans and the microorganisms that inhabit not only our surroundings but also our bodies. They built an immersive experience where visitors were invited to reflect on their own bodies and how they exist within a world built on multi-species relationships.

With a personal focus on fermentation, Veiga showed how fabric embedded with sourdough starter (as it used to be passed down through generations to bake bread) can convey the continuity of culture in every sense of the word.
Fermentation takes the idea of “sharing is caring” to another level. When we consume these foods, we quite literally become a part of our environment, connected to the world around us through the microorganisms we share, becoming a living archive of the space we inhabit.
These chains of fermented sourdough not only showcased the exponential reproductive growth of fermentation starters but also reminded us of the deep connections that bind us all, from the microscopic to the global.

To enhance this experience, visitors would be led through the installation with an audioguide, starting with an ingestion ritual designed by
Moa Marklund.

WATCH VIDEO (produced and edited by Maria Pita Guerreiro).