Andrea De la Peña Aguirre
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Connected Witnesses2024Connected Witnesses is an ongoing research project that interlaces human stories and sensory experiences, revealing how personal witnessing shapes our collective perception of climate change. Rooted in the landscapes of Texel, the work draws on its natural spaces and the intricate relationships between the elements that inhabit them. Through the interweaving of multiple perspectives, the project emphasises the importance of bringing varied forms of knowledge—especially personal and place-based insights—into the dialogue on environmental change.

Working at the intersection of art and science, we designed embodied encounters that invite participants to experience their environment through touch, sound, scent, and memory. Guided by methods inspired by scientific research, residents and researchers of Texel were asked to connect with chosen places, awakening their senses to recall stories embedded in the land and sea. These stories became material: woven together through archival fragments, textures, and moving images that trace the process of remembering and relating.
The resulting installation invites viewers to move through these layered narratives and step into the viewpoint of another. In doing so, it offers a form of understanding that resonates on both emotional and intellectual levels—a shared fabric of human and ecological memory.

This project is a collaboration with Evy Gobbens, PhD candidate at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), and forms part of the Collaborations for Future program by Foundations We Are.

Interiviews:
Rosemarie Kentie
Evy Gobbens
Carlijn Lammers

Camera assistance:
Mijali Posada
Boram Koh

Video interviews
Program website