Wetland memories in Saavedra and Coghlan
Overview
In this tour we'll go through Saavedra and Coghlan reconeccting with the hidden natural history that flows beneath the city. We'll have the chance of hearing the tubed rivers, recognized the local flora and fauna that inhabits the city and get to know two of the nicest residental areas in the city.
Itinerary
Hearing the tubed rivers
With a series of microphones, hydrophones and loudskpears we'll hear the Medrano river that flows beneath the Saavedra Park
20 Minutes
Urban art
We'll put an eye on the current trends of urban art based in the area
40 Minutes
Local flora and fauna
Through the parks and squares of the area we'll recognize the local flora and fauna
40 Minutes
The estimated duration depends on traffic and how busy the attractions are on the day of the tour.
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Want a different itinerary or pace? Let the guide know what you have in mind.
What's not included
- Transportation
Your guide
Esteban
Esteban Bellotto Kuzminsky was born in Buenos Aires in 1991. He was raised on the first ring of its metropolitan orbit. Studied sociology, audiovisual arts and sound design for cinema. He has been working in different stances of the sound work of movies now he is directing his own films. He also developed a narrative job as a tour guide focusing on urbanism, architecture and arts. Since 2024 he has organized "Wetland's memories", a series of guided tours that mix the sound art, archive research and history of urban transformations regarding the tubed rivers, dried marshes and landfill coast in Buenos Aires. He works with the sound materialities of the geography trying to disarm the idea of landscape. He looks for on daily debris archeological pieces that serve to recompose our collective memory. In his movies as in his tours he focuses on the transformations of our history and amphibious identity on this shore of the continent.
Lenguages: English, Spanish
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USD $300