Description
Join artist Walter Kitundu for a brief presentation of his new work, Rekodi Maji (Record the Water). The kayak and instruments he used for Rekodi Maji will be on display at the Valente Branch Library through February 2025.
Rekodi Maji (Record the Water in Swahili) was a new project by sound and installation artist Walter Kitundu. For this work which is part research, part sound installation, part performance, Kitundu adorned his kayak with instruments meant to respond to the state of Biddeford Pool’s winds and waters. The sea plucked strings that resonated the hull of the vessel which also held flutes played by the rising and receding waves. The sounds were transmitted to shore, allowing the audience to experience the work as if they were inside the kayak as it navigated the shoreline.
Walter Kitundu is a Tanzanian-American multidisciplinary artist and educator. He creates sculpture, sound installations, and large scale public art works that address place, history, nature, and community. Kitundu also builds extraordinary musical instruments and mechanical devices when he isn’t obsessively documenting the natural world as a bird photographer. Kitundu is the director of Kitundu Studio, which focuses on the development and installation of public art works. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2008.