Teaser: Tidal Choreography (2023) by Tania Candiani

Tania Candiani
Tidal Choreography, 2023
Two channel video with sound, 24 mins 10 secs
Tidal Choreography is a new film by Tania Candiani, made during and following a residency in the coastal village of Glin, on the south shore of the Shannon Estuary. During her stay, the artist observed the interconnected rhythm of the village and the tidal river. In particular, she spent time with local swimmers as they made their way daily to the water at high tide.
Tidal Choreography brings together footage above and below the waterline, at high tide and low tide, field recordings and local tunes, Irish words relating to water. Through this combination of sources, patterns are created, gravity shifts, and ecological worlds revealed. Local artists have contributed traditional and contemporary airs, voiceover, and physical performance. On her final day in Glin, over fifty local swimmers joined the artist to feature in the film.
Tania Candiani is interested in the translation between phonic, graphic, linguistic, bodily, symbolic and technological languages systems. By reordering, remixing, and playing with correspondences between technologies, knowledge systems, and ideas, she invents new ways to organize creative and critical thinking. As a non-academic researcher, she uses historical records and archives as weaving materials. She is particularly interested in projects developed for specific sites due to the socio-historical interconnections that they can offer as well as the possibility of co-creating and interweaving ideas with specific communities.
The River Residencies are funded by the Arts Council of Ireland’s Invitation to Collaboration scheme, led by Limerick Arts Office in partnership with the Arts Offices in Cavan, Clare and Tipperary. The River Residencies are curated by Caimin Walsh and Mary Conlon at Ormston House, as part of the Museum of Mythological Water Beasts (2017-) about, along and on the River Shannon.