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Oceanities

The sounds for the Humanities 4 the Ocean. Showcasing the rich, multi-layered relationship humans have with the ocean, and how sounds can be a powerful medium to convey this connection, it is an experience in the Blue Humanities realm. It blends science, history, and art, aiming to raise appreciation for the ocean’s role in human history and culture. Curated by Cristina Brito, Joana Baço, Jaime Silva & Rui Henriques, members of the ERC Synergy Grant 4-OCEANS, that aims to address the impact and

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00:01:41

Night

Oceanities ·

2025/06/30

On the longest night of the year, the heat rises from the earth as we walk along the weir that breaks the river's journey. The rumour of the water emerges from the silence, a small yellow light shines on the bush and then another and another - the fireflies dance and illuminate our steps. Up ahead, crickets and cicadas sing wildly. Together, insects, water and night announce the summer.Text by Cristina Brito/ Sound by Jaime Silva/ Cover by Jaime Silva

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00:01:21

The shapeshifter

Oceanities ·

2025/04/03

Born swimming, she now lives in a human bathtub surrounded by strange voices. The pearls dangling from the strands braided with green algae and the shells hanging from her arms tinkle. Her nails peel away layers of skin, the tattoos and the history they contain are torn away, the fish tail falls off and the pungent smell of the deep sea spreads through the house. The mermaid walks, a woman rises.Text by Cristina Brito. Curation Cristina Brito & Catarina Garcia. Sound by Jaime Silva. Cover by

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00:01:01

The Mermaid's Call

Oceanities ·

2025/03/20

Am I the Mermaid? She calls out to her(self) and receives a cry, a plea, a reflection in the return of the projected sound wave. The mermaid sees herself in the mirror and her reflected voice appears distorted, difficult to understand. All sounds and words outside our own reality are difficult to interpret, but we continue to insist, to call out to those who are far away. I call the Mermaid.Text by Cristina Brito & Isabel Gomes de Almeida. Sound by Jaime Silva. Cover by Jaime Silva

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00:00:38

Waiting for the Mermaid

Oceanities ·

2025/02/27

Esperar a SereiaQuantas ondas são precisasPara esquecer o que se passouQuantos mares atravessarPara largar o que se sonhouDiz-me lá velha do marO que diz o vento norteQuantos anos vão passarPara conhecer a minha sorteDevo contar grãos de areiaAcender velas num altarEsperar avistar uma sereiaE a minha angústia guardarMas a velha sentada na praiaDiz que o vento se calouSeja vontade de Deus ou do MarAquilo que sou, já mudou.Poem by Joana Baço. Curation Cristina Brito. Sound editing by Jaime Silva

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00:06:57

Mash up -Not a World of Ours

Oceanities ·

2024/10/03

Breaking through the endless motion of human activity - the laughter, the walking, the talking, typing - every once in a while you can hear it. Waves crash into boats, becoming one with the sound of a child’s laugh, the conversations of work interrupted by the sudden screech of a seagull. In places where humans have long claimed supremacy, the sounds of nature are the ones who provide the rhythm and flow of life. An elegant, vibrant, sometimes violent dance, the harshness of a coffee machine

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00:01:18

The owl and the human

Oceanities ·

2024/09/26

The owl hoots at the right time, every day, every evening, at that moment when light and night meet. It's like a fine-tuned clock, but of its own nature, in counter-current with the rest of the world. After the hooting, the silence of human footsteps rests by the tree.Sound by Jaime Silva. Text by Cristina Brito. Cover by Jaime Silva

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00:01:37

STOPHS2

Oceanities ·

2024/09/19

After a slow walk, we need to pick up the pace. Waking up for the HS2, the high-speed train about to arrive! At the future station, few trees and flowers and wandering bees remain, waiting for the next day. Silent daily life has been broken by the noise of the machines tearing up the earth to lay the iron road. The humans, who feel like the trees, insects and flowers, struggle to maintain the sound of the forest and the silence of the tracks.Sound by Jaime Silva. Text by Catarina Garcia &

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00:01:18

High Tide

Oceanities ·

2024/09/12

The tide brings the fish to the shore, men and boats follow the fish, seagulls are attracted. The net is the hungry open mouth of a non living entity engulfing life forms, smells and sounds. In the back, sea roars and critters scream, but a human-made motor overpowers all sounds. The tide is at its highest, full of life and death. Sound by Jaime Silva. Text by Cristina Brito. Cover by Catarina Garcia & Jaime Silva.

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00:01:15

Watery encounters

Oceanities ·

2024/09/03

Water flowing down the river meets a group of rocks...Gulfs of wind push the water towards the muddy shore...Water splashes humans on land, who joyfully play with it, embracing its freshness, its rhythms, its vigor...As water follows its many paths and has multiple encounters, the sounds of a Blue Planet come to life.Sound by Jaime Silva. Text by Jaime Silva & Isabel Gomes de Almeida. Cover by Jaime Silva

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00:01:14

Chewing Earth

Oceanities ·

2024/08/23

Through the market grounds and the garden green walls, we walk hand on hand, step after step, crunching the earth and swelling memories. Other people, other animals, other trees, other paths, are just leafs floating around bringing the landscape well into our human existence.Sound by Jaime Silva. Text by Cristina Brito. Cover by Jaime Silva

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00:01:16

Whale Enchant

Oceanities ·

2024/08/16

Se eu estiver à tua esperaSe eu for ao mar para te encontrarBaleia tu, espera por mim Baleia eu, hei de cantarO teu encanto está no azulE o meu canto há de chegarAlém do mar, além do tempoBaleia tu, espero encontrar E se o caminho for para a costa, Dá meia volta e volta ao marO teu encanto fica comigo E o meu canto vai te encontrar Que o teu canto fica comigoE aqui espero para te encantar. Poem by Joana Baço. Curation Cristina Brito. Sound editing by Jaime Silva. Cover by Jaime Silva.

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00:02:03

Click, Pop and Bang

Oceanities ·

2024/08/09

Inside the room, the sounds reverberate in the walls as much as in the mind. They echo from distant times to the near future, moving the air around us. Repetitive and circular, noisy and harsh, analogue and digital, they embrace us into a familiar web of clicks, pops and bangsSound by Jaime Silva. Text by Cristina Brito. Cover by Jaime Silva

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00:01:24

Sea wind Sounds

Oceanities ·

2024/07/25

By the sea, the wind transforms what we hear... human dialogues, and the waving of flags echoing as the wind passes over...Suddenly, the squawking of the seagulls becomes dominant, provoking an imbalance between the wind and the direction of the voices, on their own paths. Sound by Jaime Silva. Text by Patrícia Sanches Carvalho, Cristina Brito & Isabel Almeida. Cover by Jaime Silva.

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00:02:03

The sea Inside

Oceanities ·

2024/07/18

Below ground level, we are taken into another world. Below water level, we enter the diving capsule. There is a conch through which you can hear the distant but constant sound of the sea. As you approach it, the air that passes through, enters and exits through the curved surfaces, the conch becoming a resonating box. The sea is close and seems even closer, just inside the shell. Sound by Jaime Silva. Text by Joana Baço & Cristina Brito. Cover by Jaime Silva

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00:01:36

Watery Futures

Oceanities ·

2024/07/11

Water flowing through the old valley, after losing its millennial path to the human revolutions, slowly finds new paths. It builds the future, renewing and flourishing a green landscape, step by step. Birds chirp and sprouts bloom, breaking the loud noise of the metal machinery. Sound by Jaime Silva. Text by Cristina Brito, Isabel Gomes de Almeida & Jaime Silva. Cover by Catarina Garcia

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00:09:00

Mash up: A planet in motion

Oceanities ·

2024/07/05

Aren’t you late? Don’t you have a meeting today? Don’t forget about that appointment. Keep moving. Have you completed all the tasks required? Have you produced enough? Keep moving. Don’t stop, keep moving. Don’t smell, don’t look, don’t listen, keep moving. The constant and unrelenting motion of modern life allows for disconnection from the sensations of the green and blue world. It conditions us to suppress our kinship with the non-human world, isolating us, detaching us, making life a secondary

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00:01:28

The Heron of Corozal

Oceanities ·

2024/07/04

As the heron flies over the bay, the fishes take refuge behind the rocks. The elusive manatee shows interest on the secrets the heron has to share...on the timeless whispers from the bay the heron guards. Sound by Jaime Silva. Text by Isabel Gomes de Almeida. Cover by Catarina Garcia

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00:01:41

From the deep, the shells sing

Oceanities ·

2024/06/27

From down deep, in the throat of time, shells move as the ghosts of the past, as the echoes of their footsteps... From the deep ocean, the waves spit their shells onto our beaches as the abandoned protections of those long gone... In the depths of our busy days, we try to listen to the deep... within the hectic buzz of today, their voices become clear, as we stop, listen and slowly come together in a shared breath...Sound by Jaime Silva. Text by Cristina Brito & Isabel Almeida. Cover by Jaime

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00:01:00

Peixe-Boi Manati

Oceanities ·

2024/06/20

The spoken words in Portuguese from Brazil, sounding different but feeling the same, offer us the joy of existing in a plural and multi-layered world. A human voice giving voice to the non-human manatee or, as it is called locally, peixe-boi or manati or goaragoá.Manatee / I want to swim with you / In our environment / In the territory of the Potiguara / Don't ever run away / From this mangrove Manatee / I want to coexist with you / ... Oh Goaragoá manati Poem by José Romildo

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00:01:08

Goaragoa Manati

Oceanities ·

2024/06/13

The manatee is seen by many eyes, and sang my many voices. Here we listen to Tupi original language (from Brazil) in the dancing sounds of an indigenous poet, and read the Portuguese words. The tongues of the natural world are more than words, they are a construction understood by us all. Peixe boi Manati / Quero nadar com você / Em nosso ambiente / No território dos Potiguara / Não fuja jamais / Desse manguezal Manati / Quero coexistir com você / ... / Goaragoá manati. Poem by José Romildo

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