Göteborg

This week, we have begun the next stage of rivercities, which has brought us to the Göta Älv, and Göteborg, the city it runs through. We are here to research the relationship between the people of Göteborg and their river, how they use it, feel about it and engage with it; and to put together a small-scale performance at the end of July, rivercities/f r e e z e.

So far we have travelled to the source of the river, some 93 km from Göteborg by road; we have walked and cycled around the Göteborg parts of the river, and visited the museums here; today we went on a 9 hour boat trip and travelled upriver to Kungälv where it diverges, and took the northern spur to the sea, then along the coast back to the city. Tomorrow we'll be visiting the sewage treatment plant and later on in the week we're off to see the place where they purify the water from the river for the drinking water supply.

We will be adding our individual thoughts about our research in the coming few days.