ABOUT CORPI IDRICI
Corpi Idrici is a transdisciplinary collective of artistic research initiated by Forevergreen in 2021 from the desire to create a shared path of investigation and construction of imagery, starting from the particular relationship of Genoa with water. Stretched between sea and mountains, the town has developed in length (with its approx. 35 km it is one of longest city in Italy) and is crossed by over 70 streams, rivulets and brooks that for urban and industrial reasons have been "tombed" since the Middle Ages.
One of the most industrialized Italian cities, Genoa grapples with the consequences of river covering, a well-established practice intensified by Capitalist industrialization and property speculation. This practice is a trauma that disrupts local ecosystems and communities, leading to resource deprivation and provoking floods and landslides, exacerbated by the looming climate crisis.
Seeking to connect the city's memories related to the element of water, punctuated by stories of floods, hydrogeological disruptions and land consumption, but also of futuristic experimentation and the development of unique skills, the collective offers a sensitive map that brings to light the potential expressed by Genoa's hydro bodies, conjoined with community struggles for land defense, possible responses to environmental emergencies, rituals related to water, and the idea that it can represent a creative and vital continuous flow for the future.
The formulation of the Charter of the Rights of Hydro Bodies intends to be the starting point for a change in people's perspective and behavior, to stimulate a new awareness of the fundamental role for the present and future of rivers, streams, creeks, seas and rainwater, which can activate a collective path of their custody at the local level and a rapid change in city, regional and national legislation, considering them as subjects of right.