Oct 8, 2018
Saalach | San Lorenzo (or Two Rivers, Two Continents)
Cynthia Ling Lee and Sandra Chatterjee
This split-screen dance-for-camera work abstractly evokes the stories of two rivers, the Saalach and the San Lorenzo. The text, created as part of a Mixing Waters ritual by Cynthia Ling Lee, ruminates on the natural beauty, bodies, and border histories of migration associated with the two bodies of water. The Saalach forms the national border dividing Germany and Austria, while the San Lorenzo flows through Santa Cruz, California. This work was developed in part through Borders Resurfacing, a long distance artistic exchange on bodies, borders, and migration by the Post Natyam Collective.