There were no edges, no fixed maps. Tangled and in perpetual motion was a 45-minute sonic drift that deliberately navigated the terrain of ambivalence intrinsic to field recording, dabbling between processed and documental sounds. The interplay served as a means of re-establishing relationships and kinship—not to clarify processes, but to favor suggestion over precision, evoking encounters that often transcend translation.

In this multi-sensory journey I wove together archival material from the Cidade Som sound map (OUT.RA) with field recordings I gathered during my TEKHNÉ residency. I extended these into an improvised performance that sought to acknowledge that we, just like bodies of water, are inextricably linked to everything around us.

Archival materials recorded by Carlos Santos in 2017 including of Barreiro's water treatment station and local water reservoir, created multiple time-spaces when placed in conversation with the additional field recordings: the sounds of multiple bodies of water, mud, sand, atmospheric phenomena, diverse types of boats and everything in between, including the performance venue.

Sounds were no longer anchored to a single location but flowed, bending time, place and scale, intently collapsing into one another in sonic form. The performance was punctuated by Diogo’s voice over a megaphone, announcing the Sunday ferry schedule for Barreiro, Portugal.