Futurefarmers are the artists selected by Os contos do leite

Ana Escariz Pérez Ana Moure Rosende

This was his first visit to Ulloa

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Back in March, the group of commissioners fell in love with the artists“ collective Futurefarmers. After doing in February a dynamic called ”the traffic light", in which we refined the desires that the group had regarding the work of art that we wanted to produce, we held another session in which, in a kind of Tinder, the mediators presented the group with a selection of artists that we thought could match their expectations. They were unanimously in love with Future Farmers, so we got in touch with them, and they confirmed that they would be delighted to participate in the project.

In autumn, Luana and Jona, two of the members of Futurefarmers, travelled to Ulloa to make a first visit to the land and meet the group of comitentes and other inhabitants of the area.

With them, we were able to visit several of the clients in their homes and work spaces, they participated in the visit “A Ulloa do 2060”, which functioned as an affective map of the territory, and we also visited the Arousa estuary, where the Ulla river flows into the sea, where they spent a lot of time. We were also able to make an excursion with Iván Oriois to the limits of the Quintas estate - the place where they intend to install Altri - where the lake is located. The Futurefarmers showed great interest in the production of Arzúa-Ulloa cheese, as well as in the artisan fermentation of Josefa's cheese.

At Futurefarmers, they work on building what they call “relational objects”, objects that allow us to be in a specific state or to approach things in a specific way. Before leaving, the artists wanted to hold a session with the group of commissioners to explain where their research was heading and to put us all on the same page. They then decided to build the four stomachs of a cow out of cotton wool and tea and take them to the river Ulla.

EXT- DAY. FINCA DE QUINTAS.

It's sunny. A cow grazes quietly around the lake of the Quintas estate. 

EXT. DAY. ULLA RIVER

A group of people enter the river Ulla accompanied by enormous cow stomachs: a rumen, a reticulum, an omasum and an abomasum. Each person reads a text that presents him/her as a “caretaker” of the river. A tricopter, a red heron, a merinoi armeria, a centaurea Gallaecia, a bufo das xunqueiras, a margaritífera... all of them are found in the stomachs of the cows that graze on the Quintas estate.

Atoparémonos ante a vaca activista? How does the story continue?

On her next visit Amy will join Jona and Luana and we will start the production of the play. We will tell you more details later.

Back in March, the group of commissioners fell in love with the artists“ collective Futurefarmers. After having done in February a dynamic called ”the traffic light", with which we refined the desires that the group had for the work of art that we wanted to produce, we did another session in which, in a sort of Tinder, the mediators presented the group with a selection of artists that we believed could fit in with their expectations. The crush on Futurefarmers was unanimous, so we got in touch with them, who immediately confirmed that they would be delighted to participate in the project. 

In June, Luana and Jona, two of the members of Futurefarmers, travelled to A Ulloa to make a first field visit and meet the group of local people and other local residents. 

With them we were able to visit several of the clients in their homes and work spaces, they participated in the tour to Ulloa del 2060, which worked as an affective map of the territory, we visited the Arousa estuary, where the river Ulla flows into the sea, where they spent a lot of time. We were also able to go on an excursion with Ivan Oriois to the limits of the Quintas estate - the place where Altri intends to set up - where the lagoon is located. The Futurefarmers were very interested in the production of Arzúa-Ulloa cheese, as well as the artisanal fermentation of Da Josefa cheese. 

At Futurefarmers they tend to work by constructing what they call “relational objects”, objects that allow us to be in a specific state, or to approach things in a specific way. Before leaving, the artists wanted to have a session with the group of commissioners to explain where their research is going and to put us all on the same page. They then decided to assemble the four stomachs of a cow out of straw and cotton cloth and take them to the river Ulla.

EXT. DAY. QUINTAS ESTATE
It's sunny. A cow grazes quietly around the pond of the Quintas estate.

EXT. DAY. ULLA RIVER
A group of people enter the river Ulla accompanied by huge cow stomachs: a rumen, a reticulum, an omasum and an abomasum. Each person reads a text that introduces him or her as a “caretaker” of the river. A tricopter, a reddish egret, a Armeria merinoi, a Centaurea gallaecica, an owl of the reed beds, a Margaritifera... all of which are found in the stomachs of the cow grazing on the Quintas farm. 

Is this an activist cow, and how does the story continue?

On the next visit Amy will join Jona and Luana and we will start the production of the play. More details will follow soon.