3. The flowers freezed within the iced water, an emblem of the profound affect of
particular person areas on our experiences”, as you mentioned, made me consider Astrida Neimanis’s
hydrofeminism: we’re watery creatures, tough but additionally harmful to constraint, and
related with one another by way of a fluid conception of house, boundaries and
relationalities. What do you need to present about up to date ladies? What do you look
for once you painting the female?
I search refuge in what I determine with. In my quest for my very own femininity, I all the time keep a reference to water as a result of I can’t conceive my life every other manner. I used to be born 1 km from the Atlantic Ocean and 10 meters above sea stage; it is one thing inherent to me. I’ve formed my understanding of the world by residing in the identical panorama that conjures up me immediately; not everyone seems to be lucky sufficient to have that.
In my hometown, ladies swim within the ocean in any season and have their very own self-care codes associated to it. I grew up surrounded by tales of sturdy ladies speaking about their reference to water. For them, the best well being indicator remains to be the 9 baths in September at Space Grande seashore in A Guarda.
After I moved to Madrid, it was the primary time in my life that I lived so removed from water. It was there that I began freezing flowers. This preliminary experiment gave me peace and has allowed me to proceed investigating. The water connects me on a sensory stage that I discover laborious to outline, just like the femininity, a steady change and transformation.

4. Is there an upcoming mission you’re engaged on?
One of the crucial vital tasks is a brief movie that I’m growing with the sound artist Acacia Ojea, in dialog about water, femininity, and the border between Galicia and Portugal, the place we each grew up.
Proper now, Galicia is experiencing an environmental disaster because of a spill of pellets on the coasts,
and no establishment is taking duty. We’ve got been engaged on this mission for 2 years, and it is going to be launched this yr.