The river, lungs of Derviรงan
The sentences from page 4 until page 20 are sentences that people form the village said during different conversations about water. From page 22 on some question and inspiration for a possible future project are presented together with some personal reflections.
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Albania, general information? Elisa Piazzi - Research Part #3 Studio 1 Village, MA Inside Royal Academy of Art Den Haag 1st March - 5th March 2020 pictures taken in Derviรงan
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all Albania has troubles with water
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there are times in Derviรงan with a lot of water and times with no water
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we are full of water in this region but our houses don’t have it
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we have water only one hour a day
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70 % of the water is lost
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the problem is how they connect with each other
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we don’t have problems with dirty water
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the earth collects the water
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but what does water leave behind?
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what if this time it will stay?
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I’m here
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I’m not entirely here
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what possibilities does water give us?
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what possibilities does the absence of water give us?
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what does water carry with?
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can water wash away our problems?
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fear some chicken perfetto jar pond with trash lidl bag another perfetto jar noises of chickens soft ground one man feeding the animals “sh!� he said rain on my paper plastic everywhere cane field ducks running dogs barking in the distance
less rain plastic on trees plastic on the ground nice wind dry plants many white rocks another pond street crossing crossroad sticky wet floor lost shoes blue bag containing another blue bag pipes
absence of water dark small passage dry riverbed birds singing rain on my neck vineyard over me goose trash duck following them some more trash abandoned shoe plastic stuck in a branch sound of cars in the distance rocks one metal piece in my shoe dog on a chain
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presence of water small passage water flowing noise of water birds chirping grass sun on my face vineyard over me plastic empty cigarette box foam bubbles wooden stick bee another wooden stick tiny drops falling piece of plastic carried by water plastic stuck under a rock many rocks insects flying other birds chirping floating plastic bottle sand another piece of wood carried by the water another bottle sun reflexes in the water someone who walks over the bridge and talks water noise hens’ noise bird flying some goose
plastic attached to a branch tube on the side of the river grass soft earth another bee dry leaf plastic bags in the tunnel voice in distance bag that moving reflects the light piece of glass dry tree sprout steep and slippery terrain continuous chicken noise dog sitting goat poop man saying bye deeper water cane field toy geese across the river white bag yellow bag barking dog birds chirping geese washing bees butterflies
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is it nature?
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or is ti us?
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how to adapt
without corrupt?
Elisa Piazzi Research Part