Virginia Woolf, tides of fading identities

              ruiidaiiu'iJtalK lo llic cliild s arial-digilal |)i'coi(ai|iali()iis. Il is a
hisexiialized symhol of IVil¡l¡l\ llial ai'ises as a l i \ pcrliopliv or
oversiatemeiit of the lif'e insliiict ¡ii o])])osil¡oii lo Uie dealli
inslinct." Whei! llie luirricaiie and ¡Is wliirlwiiid and destincnon
sweep ovpr inan-madc sli'nclui'cs in a lin'\ ol walcr and mud
and rain, wlial i'cniains takes on an as|)('cl oí vvaste or residue or
excreiiieiil: Irci-s lom onl bv llieir roots. Irails of vpfjeTables.
cadavers. utensiis. hrokrn poIlciN. driftwooif rnl)bisli and
broken exteriors. h is nol nnlike wlien (he nialernal contractions
and llip l)rpak¡nn; of dic walcr (\\(- are born ínter Jaeces) expel
llic lifc of oiii- indi\ idnal allcr anolher. l'hns from these spiral
fugues of walcr. fi'oin ihese astral whirlwinds, from these
spinning gakixics. onc iinisl look for the grealest of ihings aflcr
llic calaslrophcs of llieir agilalions and discharges.
In ihc ecjiíilibriinn of ils line, the circle defines and
encompasses ihc divine: bul llic spiral. whirli is an opcn or
broken circle, is the indcfinilion of llic hiniian. llic sigii of ils
conliniiing and ncver-ending future. .VIost dances niix llic Iwo,
llie circle and the spiral. bul onh- onc dance has laken il lo
pcrfcciion: ihc si'iiiti or rciniion oí whirling dei'\ islics anil siifis,
wliicli is ihoiighl lo be a icllcclion of llic Pvthagoric conception
of ihe rolaliiig nnisic of llic s|)lici'cs and ihcir molher-plasinas.
the galaxies. The dancing ordcr was foinidcd in ihc \'M\\ cenliir\
bv Mevlana Jalalii ddin. a pocl and nnslic. who cinphasized llic
niovenieni of llie subjecl and the niusic over written or spoken
langiiage. One can still witness the ineasured. caref'ul steps of llic
dancers. wilh onc liand loward llie sk\- and ihc ollier toward llic
i'arlli (like Buddha after bis enliuhlennienl!) 'nderinu; to llic
inloxicalion of ihe rnusic plaved on a reed ilute and a sinall
drnni. Ibc enllnisiastic parlicipanls of llic seiiia coini' from
varioiis villages in Asia Minor, where ihe Iradilion ol (ler\islies
seeins to be rooted. They are approached wiih a peculiar
anxicix. known for cenliirics:
lílieii \í>u (lie even'wliere. yon are iioirliere
When yotí <av soineivhere, yon luv ereryírliere
The crvplic s\llal)l<-s of diese lines (which are attribuled to
the sheik Necnieddiii [ l ü ] ) reflecl ihe essence of llie Siifi creed
wilh résped lo divine omniscience. The coherence oí wonders,
llie cerlainlv dial wiial has no end has no bcginning. are alrciidy
present liere, siiblle wilbin llie iniplicil order. Il is we who niusl
'"screw ourselves " (as ihc dance enconrages) ¡uto the IJnique. I he
Sun of Snns. Meniorv. llie zkliir. is agilaled bv re|)ealing Mis
Naiiie. releasing ihe serpeiithíe secrets: it is unlied in a se(|iience
dial goes from molei'ules to atoms, from aloins lo elemenlal
|>arlicles. .'\n agilaled wliirlpool sa\es iis Ironi llic ab\ss oí
forgelling. Thiis llie cosinic genealogv opens like a .Nanlihis snail
belween ihe veils of the liearl. In the eve of the dances
geoniclric Innricane. in ils liollow axis, ihc fiaia' or annibilalion
of I he ego is coni|jlele. The whole inhverse. which was Iving
liidden benealh llie drowsv folds of our evelids. now awakes in
lile corkscrew oí ilselí. The íliile ceases. liie driini íalls silcnl. A
galaxv is being born. I ndcrslanding has arri\cd. silcnl and
inic(|invocal.
NOTI-.S
[-1] Orlí/. l'Vniallild: t'J lliiniráiL hondo de Ciiilura. M.-xic(,. I'IPH,
[.">] 'li'iloll (;. Tonv.,: i:i nilln ,i li,s (i.slnis ciiliv l„.s inr.rínis. Diajiii. \li-\ico. l'i:"').
[()] iaiiticiliilí. Kan !'.: I¡unifiinvs. í/icir \a/ifrf ÍIIKI Ilislfiry. Piiiicnoii. l')44.
[~!] IJ IInnicún. op. c i l.
[íi] Soii.-lcllc, .lac<|iii-.: L(i riild nilirlidiiii t/i- lux iizirnis. V lo ilc (.iilliira. \I('\¡c(
l'),S4.
[*)] CúlX'Uino. lM"tii'r.Io; ¡ji scrjiiciilc ciiíi>hun<i(t<!. Iíc\i>ia de l'>iroaiiidi.--is. No. 1.
Buenos Airc^. l'*-l.'í.
[10] Fi-¡cMlla)idiT. Ira: Tlir niurlinis Drmrlics. WiliKv I ll(aiM'. l.,.rldoii. IT.",.
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[1] 'i'lioiiijisoii. I) Aic\': Sobre el rrfciiiiicii/n y Id forma. Bhi líanclona. I'IÍÍO.
[2] Cook. T. A.: S/iirilIx in \aliirr iiiid Ar/. I.oildon. l')0:í.
[.'!] Brande .lolni ;nid Macan. Slcjilian: Ijt iiticro vii n.síroiiaillía. (i.(i.!*"... Mc.xico.
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V I R G I N I A WOOLF,
T I D E S OF FADING I D E N T I T I ES
J U A N I G U E R R A
She slood diere walching llie cloiids íloaliiig b\ and llic Icaxcs
treinbling: in llie inidsl oí chaos, lliings \\(;re laking shape:
soineliines ils uiiceasing coming and goiii.g and waves llow inlo
slabilily.
(\ . Wdolí. Tu l/ie IJ'O/IIhou.se)
DeUiíig inlo lile plaslic d\llalllil•^ »i ./aeol)s Itaoiii and llicii
nioxing on To Ihe LiglilliouKe is opening ii|) ones insiglil lo ihe
liunian Iransformalion encom|)assed within the erralic
niovenienl oí The H are.<i. ,Aiid il's that Virginia Woolfs
lilerainre. Iier poelic narralixe. progresses from llie scalllering or
lading of linnian leelings among llie crashing of ihe waves.
aiiiong llie siir|)risiiig rlivthms of llie í'oaní: The sea is ihe
conscience al all its levéis — logical. illogical. (o|)ologicak its
oulgoing lides lint also its incoining tides, ils overílowing. its
liglils and ils shadows. The sea is the myriad iin|)ressi(ins which
inhábil our re-íonniíig perccplion oí rcaliu bv encbanling i l.
The sea is llie local llioiighl which wanders liilher and xoii
through the nooks and crannies oí imcerlainlv: Liciiiid íolds now
ever-changing aiiiong wliicli llic esseiilial \isions laiidoiiiK come
lo l'ore. \ irginia was caplivaled b\ ihe iníinile possibililies oí llie
sea as a lilerarv melaphor or as an analogv oí llie iníinile
possibililies oí lile ilselí. (he origin oí lile niosl proíoinid of
visions oí liiiman idenlilv. Il was in that grcal nielaphor lliat
Virginia s novel wriling drilled in a sort of prodigioiis
slriicliiring from hcr íirsi works siicli as .\/g/)/ (uiil l)ay (I') I'))
or The \ oyage Oul (1^15) u|) to lier crossing llie ihresbold oí
piirelv vagabond abslraclion in Tlie llare.s (1').'?1).
ParadoxicalK and in a final acl oí lo\all\ lo lier icalm
professional |)iirsinl. Virginia, (he aiilhor. experienced the final
iiearlrending s\ nibiosis oí losiiig lier own lií'e al ihe water's
liando. These are sonic of (he crealivc íorces o ía lexl which lovs
wilh ambigiiiU' bv shonling onl al ihe reader: "Nolhing!' .
I lox'c swimming. .And il almosi alwavs awakiMis niv
senses.
Wlial is Ra(|uel doiiig w illi lier gaze íixed on llie green
depllis oí ihe sea? She s sensing. fliving lier íreedom or hcr final
Irip •nndcr llie glassv. cool. Iranslncenl \\a\c . I lia\c opened
and sliiil '/'//(' I oya'fie Oul. Il s loo cold rigbl now. I'll come back
.soiiie olher dav.
Dcpciidiii'; iipoii llic sea cdiidilioiis. ihc wrilliig coiidiliíjiis.
()i- \¡((' \cisa. Il ¡s ihioiiuli lilis saiicly paac llial (iiic ciiliTs
.Idcol)^ liooiit: [ 1 ]
["SD of coiirsc.' iridie lii'lly I Idiidcrx. prcusiníí licr licels
irillicr (Ici'per iii I lie siiiif. 'llicrc iriis IIHIIIIIIÍ; jor il l)iil la Iciive.'
Sltiirly irvlling jroiii I lie poiiil of lier gold nib, palé bine iiik
(lissolred I lie fiill sUip: for lliere lier peii nliief;: her eres fi.reil.
(111(1 leáis -s/oirly /illed llieiii. I lie eiilire Ixi]- (pii'rered: llie
lighlhoiine ii-ohhied: and slie liad lluil dliisioii I/KII llie iiuisl oj
Mr. Coiiiior's Hule vdclil ira.s bendiiití: ld\e a inix caiidle in llie
siiii. She iriiiked ipiiekly. Aerideiils irere (iir/iil lililíes. Slie
irinked (i'^diii. The iiid.sl iviis slndglil: llie irares irere regular:
llie liglillioiise irti.H iipriglil; liiil llie blol liad spread.
'...iiolliiiig Jar il bul lo ledre.' slie reod.]
1 ('(iMliniir swiiiiiniíii;; lliioufíli llicsc lolds (iin-|)licat¡(ins)
hclwccii ini'iiKirv and dcsiii' ciicoiiiiiasscd whliiii llic walor
iKiiamic dial is ./í/ro/>'.v Hooiii: /he sea is liccdiiiiiii; |ii'(ii;r('ssi\i'l\
in(ir<' laclilc. Or siiiiplv. ¡I ¡s liiiílillgliliiiu: ¡Is ii-aliu iii rcacliDii Ki
llic iiiitial (•(indilioiis ol' llie water ol wliich Icars are inadc
disioiliiii; lile riglil of passagc. May llie cuiiciil s\\cep me a\\a\.
\ eei'iim olí siiddenlv toward llic pai'a|)lirasiiip ol
I leraililüs l)\ Mii'liel Serres ''we alwavs swiiii iii llie same rixcr
\ ( i \\i' iii'MT sil Olí lile same slioi'e . I {Tmih oiil oii llie ollier
sliore n{ Jd((il)'s Itodiii and sil a moineiil lo \ iew llie seaseape oí
liis miiid:
[l\v si.v (i'iloek. (I breeze bleír in oJJ aii iee/ield: and /;r
sereii llie iniler ini.s more piirple lliaii bine: nnd by luilf-pasl
xeren lliere irii.s ii ¡¡alelí oJ rongli gold-bealer'n nkin round llie
Seilly l.sle.s. and Diirnuils jaee. as lie sal sieering. iras of llie
eoloiir ofa red l(ie(¡iier box polislied for genemúons. By iiiiie (di
llie fire and confusión luid gane oiil of llie sky. learing iredges of
(ipple-greeii and piales of p(de yelloír: and by leu llie lanlerns
on lile boal irere niiiking lirisled coloiirs iipon llie irares,
elongalcd or SÍ/IKII. as llie irares slrelelied or Inniiped
llieinselres. The beiiiii froiii llie liglillionse slrode riipidly aeross
llie iniler. Infinile uiillioiis of miles airay poirdered slars
lirinkied: bul llie iriires sliipped llie boal. oiid eraslied. irilli
regular and (i/ipalling solemnily. againsl llie racks.J (-f2-4-i)
Cliaiaelers iiiehrialed witli llie sea. All is l'iowiiig and
dissolviiig. Niitliing eeases. Impossihle lo sav wliere one wave
ends. whei'e ¡I hreaks, wliei'e a seiileiiee eiíds. wliere il lireaks. The
l)esl lliiiig il lo allow onesell' lo soak np lile sxniaclie rli\lliins.
^ es. leí s go on /'(/ llie Liglilliouse: [2]
[The lionse iras lefl: llie lioiise iros deserled. Il iras lefl like
a sliell on a sandliill lo fill irilli dry salí gniins...] (l-t'J) [For
iKiir liad come llial momenl. llial liesilalion irlien dairn
Irembles and iiiglil pauses, irlien ij a Jeallier aliglil in llie scale
il irill /)(' ireiglied doirn.] (lóI) filien indeedpeace liad come.
Messages of peace breallied ¡rom llie sea lo llie sliore.] (h^-f)
Lilv l5riseoe is getting read\ lo paiiii.
f.. slie look lier luiiid and raised lier lniisli. I'or a momenl
il slared Irembling in a painfiil bul e.vciliiig ecsla.s]- in llie iiir.
II liere lo begin'/ — llial iras llie ipieslion: al irlial poiiil lo niake
llie firsl marky One Une placed on llie cannrs coiiniulled lier lo
innumerable risks. lo frei/iienl and irrerocable decisions. All lilis
in idea seeiiií'd simple liecíuiie in praelice imniedialef- comple.r:
(í.v //)(' irares sliape lliciiiselres .symmelrieallyJrom llie eliff lo¡).
bul lo llie sirimmer (uiioiig lliciii are dirided by sieep gidfs. and
foaiiiing eresls. Slill llie risk musí lie riiii: llie niark iiiade.
lililí a enrious pliysical sensalion. as if slie irere iirgcd
fonrard and al llie same lime musí liold herself huck, slie mude
lier firsi (¡iiick decisire slroke. The briisli descended. Il flickered
broirn orer ihe ivhile caneas: il lefl o riiiiiiing mark. A second
lime she (lid il — a lliird lime. And so pausing and so flickering,
she allained a dancing rhylhmical morcmenl, as if llie ¡xiuses
irere one parí of tlie rhylhni and llie slrokes anolhcr. an (di irere
relaled: and so, Hglilly and sirifll} pausing. slriking. she scored
her caneas irilli broirn running nerrous Unes irliiih liad no
sooiier sellled lliere thnn ihey enclosed (she fell il hioming oiil al
her) a space. Doirn in llie holloír of one irare she siiir I he ne.vl
irare loirering higlier and higlier abare her. For iclial coidd be
more formidable I han ihal spacey] (l~2)
Belore. il was wriliiig. I liis lime it is tlic dviiamie ol llie
eomplexitv ol the waves whielí is eiieoinpassed widiin llie
dynamie oí llie eoiTi]3lexitv of the aet of ereating the |)ainliiig on
lile part of llie artisi. /)/// bolli linked lo one anolhcr and lo llie
irliole [and all irere relaled]. And lo complete the triad, the
(Kiiainic o( the eomplexitv ofihe human mind which, like the sea
or llie arlislie aet. kiiows no ollier l)arrier lliaii ihe íleeting glaiiee:
[Alirays (il was in her nalure, or in her se.i. she did nol
knoir irhicli) befare .she e.rclianged the ftuidily of Ufe Jor I he
concenlralion of painling she liad a feír momenls of nakedness
irheii she scemed like an uiiborn soul. a soul refi of body,
hesilaliiig on some irindy pinnaele and exposed ivilhoiil
proleelion lo all ihe blasis of doiibls. II lie\' llieii did she do il':"
Slic looked al ihe caneas, líghlly scored irilh running Unes. Il
irould be liiing in the serríuils' bedrooms. Il irould be rolled up
and sliiffed iiiider a soja. II hal iras the good oj doing il I lien,
and she lieard some roice sin-ing she couldn'l ¡xiiiil. saying she
couldii't créate, as if she irere c(night np in one afilióse habitual
ciirreuls irlnelí afler a eerlain lime e.i¡>erience forms in llie mind.
so llial one repeal s irords irilhoiil being aira re aiiy longer irlio
origiiially spoke lliem...] (I~-^)
rile sea eurrenls of the eoiiseienee eiigiiH the rel'use ol'
moráis; it is the vagahond erealioii;
[Cerlainly she iras losing conscioiisness oj oiiler ihings.
And as she losi conscioiisness oj oiiler lliings. and her iiame (Uid
her persanalily and her (ippearanee. and irhellier Mr.
Carmicliael iras lliere or nol. her mind kepl ihroiring up fram ils
depllis. scenes. and ñames, and sayings. and memories and
ideas, like a jounlain spiírling orer llial jlaring. hidcously
difficult irhile space, whilc she modelled il ivdh greens and
bines.] (ir-f)
riie sea is an internal realitv :
fTlie sea wilhout a slain on il, llioiighl Fily Briscoe. slill
slanding and looking oiil orer the bay. The sea is slrelelied like
silk aeross the bay. Dislance liad an exlnujrdinary power: lliey
liad beeii siralloived up in il, she fell. lliey ircre gane for ercr.
lliey liad become parí of the nalure of lliings. Il iras so ealm: il
iras so (piiel. Flie sieamer ilseij liad ranished. bul the grcal
scroll of siiioke slill liniig in the air (Uid drooped like a flag
moninfilh' in ralediclion] ('2()-t)
i swini all the wav np to the lasi paragraph ol To the
Fighlliouse, a visión o f a fleeling momenl. Bergsoniaii in
appearance, gives rise to a primili\c lollidiiig. or a major
Nceriiig:
[(Jiiickly, as if she irere ivcidled by soiiielhiug orer lliere,
she luriied lo her caucas. Flieie il iras — her piclure. )cs, irilh
nll ils greens (iiul bines, its Unes riinning np and across, its
(illentpl al soinelhiug. ll n'onid be linng in ihe altics, she
llioiíglil: il iroii/il be deslniwd, Ihil irhiil (lid llitil inallery She
asked herself, laking u/> lier bri/s/i ngain. She Louked al llie
sieps: ihey n'ere einpty; she looked al her caneas; i.t ivas bliiired.
II ilh (I siidden inlensilw as 1/ she saie il elear for a seeund, she
dreiv a lie ihere, in I he centre, ll ivas done: i I iras Jinished. Yes.
she ihonghl. laying doivn her briish in exlreine faligne, 1 haré
liad iiiy risian.] (2'2(>)
I jump licadlDiif; inlo The ¡Vares:, ihe aiithor liad thoiighl
of litliiifi ¡t The jlighl afilie Malh. llie erratic l'light of a littlc
fciiialc l)ii(l [-i]. Tile uiaiKiciir- oí llic waves seems more well-siiilod
lo licr iicw artislic piirposo;, tliat oí confifíiiriiig an opeii
svstpin of words vvhicli is .similar to tlie nattiraj forms vvhicli
sprini; l'ordi IVom li<'r mind iii llic pi'ocess ol crcalioii. Oii
Novcmher 10, 1931, slif wrole iii her diary: f¡ ihink I aiii abonl
la eiiibody al last the exacl shapes nir brain halds. Ilhal a long
lail la reaeh lilis beginning— // The \X'aves is iiiy firsl irark in
niy airn sl\'le.]
Slic \\as no loiifjcr scckinií .sii])crnatural revclalioii, a
visión, dic i'pipiíaiiN'; iiow siie was seekiiig die model.s. die
disoi-dcrh dcsign of ihe conscienees, the í'orms of chaos: die
oidcr sicmmiiifr from chaos. Of the six characters in The ¡Vares,
Beinard. die wriler. is wluj mosl clearlv coiifronls once and
again llie essence of the im|)rediclai)ility of the creative act:
[¡Vords erowd and einsler luid pitsli fortli one on lap of another.
ll (loes nal iiialler irliirh. Tliey jaslle and iiiannl an eacli alher's
shanlders. 'The single and ihe salilary iiialer. Iiiiiible and beeonie
many.] ('"Tj
['Ta speak is la bring abaiil an e.vplasian. (...) 'The
enlirely iine.ipeeled naliire of lilis ex¡>losion (...) Tliere is no
sl(d)ililv in lilis irorld. ¡Iho is lo say irlial ineaning ihere is in
aiiylhingy lllia is la farelell llie jlighl of a irardy"] (SS)
['Theii liaír larely llie snioke aj iiiy phrase is. rising and
falliiig, Jlaiinling (üid f(dli/ig. ...] (100)
I swini the lasl. final slrokes hefore niaking m\ wav oul of
llie ¡Vares. All of the voices refnse to lell stories; in their
slrange. capd\'alini; and nnceasinglv stnictnring of themselves,
in dicir sea and in iheir sea movemenls, ihey siiggesl many
impredidahle stories. .Now ha\'ing emerged from ihe sea or from
die hook. (he fading idenlilies of The ¡¡ares organize themselves
a( random inlo creative rhvthms.
.NO'tKS
t
[1] \ . Wni.lr. 1:1 ruarla ,!,• ./aroh. Biuri'ld De. 1. ]'n^. !'»»(). •|'r;iil.
.\il(lirs li(,M-|i.
[2] \ \ \\o„ir. \lfara. Mmlri.l. De. OiOinlc I')')."). Vv.ui. Caiiiicil .Martín (íaile.
[.-i] S,.,..|üMri¡ Ciicna. (l'l'X)) •¡•(Kvanl l.uiciizs lininTlIirMiiirl Virginia Wooli''s
Mullirt: Mndcl as M<Ma|)ii(»r and M('la|)iinr a.s .Mtxhíl . in EsliidioH de la iiutjcr en
ítl átnhilti ílf los pulsea de habla ingle.Ha. \ o í . II, bniversiduti (j(>ni|)iiil('ii."ii' de
Mailrai.
ALÉM DA AGUA
A j o i n t p r o j e c t b e t w e e n A l e n t e jo
( P o r t u g a l ) and E x t r e m a d u ra
( S p a ¡ n )
MAR VILLAESPESA
I i-eceiitiv reaá an article in the newspaper abont a fisherman who
foiind no less llian 21 messages-in-a-bottie on a beacli in (ladiz.
All ihe messages were writleii in a langnage ihat he could not
decipher. ve( whicli seenied soniehow "familiar lo liim. So he
look diem all to the nearesl school for ihe teachers lo Iranslale;
die invsteiy was soon solved, and diere was no need lo galher
provisions and set off 011 soirie great advenlui'e. ñor keep a look-oiit
for pirales, since llie treasure liad ah'ead\ lieeii discovered:
the verv fací dial llie liollle liad been foimd. and dial llie
fishernian liad laken it lo tlie local school. Tliese messages were
not some slii|)wrecked sailor's crv for lielp, but tlie words of
cliildren boiii llie inlernalional School al \ ila Moma 011 llic
Algarve. Tliev formed |.)arl of a projecl based on llie iheme of
Lisbon's Expo '98: llie oceaiis. I-rom tiien 011, like a moflern-dav
fairv tale, the slor\ iinfolded 011 bolli sides of llie South-Allaiilic
coast: lile schools niade conlact llie verv same morning dial ihe
lioule was foiiiid. The children are now liiisv wriling new
messages and prepariiig lo llirow llieni inlo liie sea. wliile llie
teachers grow ¡ncreasinglv concerned alionl ihrowing more and
more 'rulibish inlo llie water. Bul as well as disciissing diese
logislical as|)ects, the teachers have also designed a wliole
program of activities based on environmenlal edncalion; from
organizing a "children's lobbv" lo ilrawing u|) a lisl of "leu wavs
to prolect the sea". And ihev are organizing a meeling for the
Spanish and Porliignese schoolchildren. Snddenlv. ihanks lo
ihese inessages-iii-a-bollle, Porliigal and llie Algarve have ceased
lo be mere ñames 011 the niap for llie children of (.'adiz; lliev have
becoine a part of realilv. and a wliole new ex|)erience.
1 his true slorv. wliicii remains iinfinislied as I wrile (llie
children are now getling readv lo iiieel and exchange llieir
ciilliiral ¡deas .Xpril 3—t in Vila Monra), ins|)ires me to begin ibis
arlicle for Allanlica aboiil .'Mein da Agua. Tliis projecl. wliicli
caiiie to an end in anliimn I99(), was co-curaled b\ iiuseH aiiil
.lorge Castanho, and produced by Carla de Ajiisle-13.\V. ll look
place in varioiis sites in the área of Alenlejo and llie river
Guadiana: specifically, in one of ihc border regions between
Alentejo in Portugal and l'^xlremailiira in Spain, wliere ihe river
flows imder the Ajnda Briilge. The reason for this was tlial. as
well as being based on ihe llienie of water (jusl as water l)n)uglit
logether ihe children of Cádiz and the Algarve), AIem da Agua
also ahned to encourage a sharing of experiences, and lo
highlight the laek of awareness and links belween these two
neighboring áreas, from bolh a hislorical and a cultural poiiil of
view. The project also involved a sjiiril of advenlnre, and ainied
to recover "slories" such as Treasure Islaiid (and olli(>r similar
tales), ¡n an atteinpl lo overihrow convenlional. slalic realily
and transfonn the very concept of creatioii.