(Biddeford Pool, ME) Renowned multidisciplinary artist Walter Kitundu will premiere his latest work, Rekodi Maji, Record the Water, at Biddeford Pool. For this work, which is part research, part sound installation, part performance, Kitundu has equipped his kayak with instruments designed to respond to the state of the winds and waters of Biddeford Pool. The sea plucks strings that vibrate the hull of the boat, which also contains flutes played by the rising and falling waves. The sounds are transmitted to the shore, allowing the audience to experience the work as if they were in the kayak as it navigates the coast.

Rekodi Maji is essentially a tool for examining our relationship with waterways. How have the built environment and changing shorelines shaped the stories that water holds? What can we learn by listening closely to best nurture these relationships in the years to come?

Event details

Spectators gather at Vines Landing in Biddeford Pool (20 Yates Street in Biddeford Pool) at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. This is a free event and no tickets are required.

Free parking is available at 1 Bayview Avenue in Biddeford Pool (look for signs when entering Biddeford Pool).

*Note: Rain is expected on Thursday, August 29th at 3:00 p.m.

About Walter Kitundu

Walter Kitundu is a Tanzanian-American multidisciplinary artist and educator. He creates sculptures, sound installations, and large-scale public artworks that explore place, history, nature, and community. When he’s not obsessively documenting the natural world as a bird photographer, Kitundu also builds extraordinary musical instruments and mechanical devices. Kitundu is the director of Kitundu Studio, which focuses on the development and installation of public artworks. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2008.

About Subcircle (the presenting organization)

Subcircle is a nonprofit arts organization based in Biddeford, ME. Our mission is to increase the availability, diversity, and accessibility of performing arts in Southern Maine. We support the development of other artists’ work through artist residencies on our farm in Biddeford, offer public programs that reflect community needs, develop our own interdisciplinary performance work, and partner with local organizations that share our values. For more information, visit www.subcircle.org.

Project sponsors

“Rekodi Maji” was funded in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ New England States Touring program and made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England states arts agencies, as well as program support from the Onion Foundation.