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What Is Above Is What Is Below

Site-specific installation, Performance (2018)

MANIFESTA12, Palermo.

Not only the sun. Tunneling and terracing the Sicilian landscape—to chanel and retain water—has led to one of the largest agricultural engines in Europe. But control over water in Sicily also gave origin to the first extortion structures back in the nineteenth century. From the Palermitan underground qanāt tunnels to contemporary ad hoc pipes that bypass the city’s infrastructure, water and politics have developed hand in hand. What would it mean to water without water as a form of emancipation from weather, whether there are water cuts, irrigated vineyards, appropriation of collective resources, increasing temperatures or recurrent droughts? On a volcanic enclave between the Tunisian and Sicilian coasts, circular dry-stone walls enclose single- tree gardens. Without that microclimatic confinement for humidity and wind protection, the precious citrus trees inside would otherwise never fruit. A series of installations set a stage around trees in Palermo to envision how to water with stones. To flourish on dry waters. Three structures scattered around the city ascertain the live performance of the trees. Developed in collaboration with agronomists from the University of Palermo, they monitor the water stress inside and outside the new microclimates. In response to the growing instability of seasons, the installations screen those datasets online. Throughout the exhibition a network of local food establishments offer aCLIMAVORESecco al Sacco (a take-away meal using drought-resistant ingredients) to collect and sit by the trees.

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