Gossip and the Commons (2025)
with Kita Rancaño Ward

Inês Coelho da Silva & Kita Rancaño Ward reimagine gossip as a vital form of ecological communication and cultural transmission shared not only among humans, but across species. Working closely with the landscapes and multispecies communities of São Miguel, particularly the Holstein-Friesian cows, Kita and Inês explore gossip as a form of commons, acting as a carrier of local knowledge, regenerative practices, and interconnection.

Commissioned by Walk&Talk - Bienal de Artes, Açores, PT

Photographs by Inês Coelho da Silva