Capturing the socio-ecological memory

An inclusive 'space', attracts more people, interaction occurs, activity lasts making it a vibrant 'place' through which a city breathes. Artwork is a public place promenade in Mumbai representing people's cognitive expressions, behavioral and sensorial patterns offering city uniqueness, identity and a sense of 'place'. Our cities are built for their people and the experience such public spaces imprint in our minds lasts forever. There are memories of socio-cultural exchanges and associations that strengthen our nostalgic senses as we revisit such 'places'. We can never imagine a 'place' without its people.

The percussion instruments exist in multiple cultures, mainly in Brazil through the diverse musical styles. The sound installation is located at the Getúlio Vargas square, Florianopolis, Brazil. Around this square, there is a wide variety of important historic buildings of the city, and the location receives frequent visitors of all ages. Thus, the sound installation intends to increase the conviviality and appreciation of the cultural appropriation at all ages with percussive music, present in the local culture.

A kid from the neighborhood, Karima, describes Rambla Marina as a lovely place to go for a walk but has a problem with noise due to the traffic in the surrounding areas.

In order to fight that, our installation has the purpose to create vertical gardening. The main idea is to create something for people to have a place to plant and take care of some herbs and then later, use them to cook. That way, people can plant what they want and take care of this little installation that in the future will belong to them.

Our goal is to give more life to the place without compromise the place already existing and to create a union spirit inside the community.