Description:

Livestock farming has been a central axis of the agro-pastoral world since the dawn of the Mediterranean civilisations. What gestures, paths and words are used in caring for cattle in a cowshed in Contrada Li Massimuccë, a small place in the province of Teramo, and in extensive open-air rearing in Raso, a small Portuguese village with fewer than ten inhabitants?

An audiovisual essay by Luís Costa, part of the Doctoral Programme in Artistic Creation of the University of Aveiro.

Work produced by Binaural Nodar (Viseu Dão Lafões, Portugal) in partnership with Bambun APS, Centro Studi Don Nicola Jobbi and the University of Teramo (Abruzzo, Italy).

Academic support from the University of Aveiro (ID+ Research Center) and the School of Arts and Design, Caldas da Rainha (LiDA Research Center), and co-funding by the Directorate-General for the Arts (Portugal) and the Creative Europe programme, in the context of the Tramontana Network project.

  • Original Title: Os animais da criação

  • Production Organizations: Binaural Nodar, Bambun APS, Centro Studi Don Nicola Jobbi, University of Teramo

  • Authors: Luís Costa

  • Type of Result: Video work

  • Duration: 17m 34s

  • Quality: 1080p HD

  • Month, Year: January 2026

  • Locations: Raso, Contrada Li Massimuccë

  • Municipalities: Castro Daire, Penna Sant’Andrea

  • Regions: Centro, Abruzzo

  • Countries: Portugal, Italy

  • Languages: Portuguese, Italian