Monday 4 February 2008

To the people who made this project happen

THANK YOU

On behalf of Global Ocean and marine life everywhere, i would like to thank all the people below, without whom this project would never have been realised.

In order of appearance:

Norton Figueiredo for his excellent project coordination and team work;
Pedro Almeida for being there at all times and his work behind the scenes;
Leana Mattei and Carolina Camera for their consistent professional support and friendship;
Fabiano Barretto and his wife for their behind the scenes support;
Carlos for ensuring a great working partnership with VEGA and to the guys from EMTURSA for theirs;
Taisa Mendonca for driving us around and for being our translator and negotiator;
Cabelo for trusting us with using and returning his fishing net;
the lads from VEGA - Tadeu, Alan and Fabio for their role in the production and event;
Lazaro from the Amazon for pulling the net so well;
the people of Salvador for being so wellcoming;
the artist, Mark McGowan, for his positive enthusiasm and hard work delivering and documenting this project; and finally, to my family - THANK YOU,

Melanie Salmon
Director, Global Ocean

Friday 1 February 2008

SALVADOR PROJECT photos





PERFORMANCE PART 2

SALVADOR PROJECT photos





THE PERFORMANCE

Words cannot explain how wonderful the performance was. People helped us pull the net it was so heavy and we struggled along the route. This video is part 1.. more soon