Cuerpo glaciar [Glacial Body] is an audiovisual essay that, in the form of an archive, presents different approaches to three mountain glaciers: Conejeras (Colombia), Aneto (Spain), and Mer de Glace (France). It is a "documentary desktop" where the evolution of glaciers is critically examined through experience, affection, and poetic and scientific discourse. This non-fiction essay is composed of a collage of concerns and speculations, a reflection unfolding across the territory through the exploration of the historical and recent memory of the glacier. The video consists of personal and external footage sequences, blended through navigations within computer windows. The camera follows the drawing process to reveal fissures and stories, both close and distant. The narration seeks an emotional connection with the territory, a dialogue with experts, and an exploration of various approaches. Filtered through the archive and experience, it delves into a sensitive, subjective intimacy with the glacial body.
Camera and narration: Natalia Castañeda Arbelaéz
Script: Natalia Castañeda Arbelaéz and Julia Calle
Editing: Natalia Castañeda Arbelaéz and Maria Calle Guerrero
Sound editing: Javier Ferreira, Beside Studio, Barcelona
Interviews:
Marc Oliva, PhD in Geography, Universitat de Barcelona
Saida Martinez, Environmental Engineer and leader of the Participatory Monitoring Network of Nevado Volcán del Tolima
Jorge Luis Ceballos, Glaciologist from Ideam, Colombia
Heïdi Sevestre, PhD in Glaciology, AMAP, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
Ixeia Vidaller, Glaciologist, IPE (Pyrenean Institute of Ecology), CSIC
Chemary Carrera Pons, Mountain guide, Aneto Massif, MASPIRINEO
Readings:
Helena Calafell reads: Canto jo i la muntanya balla by Irene Solà, 2019
Llapispanc reads: Canigó by Jacint Verdaguer, 1883
David Koral reads: Voyage dans les Alpes by Horace Bénédict de Saussure, 1776
Virginia Esposito reads: The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, 1924
Orlando Castañeda reads: Viaje a pie by Fernando González, 1929
Sonia Gouté reads: Staying with the Trouble by Donna J. Haraway, 2016
