This webinar links to the EMBracing the Ocean artist-in-residence programme.
Yara Costa is a Mozambican filmmaker and artist working at the intersection of ecology, indigenous knowledge, and storytelling. Based on the Island of Mozambique, her work connects coastal communities with global audiences through film, immersive media, and cultural oral archives. Her practice explores the role of ancestral maritime knowledge in facing today’s climate crisis, highlighting the strength and wisdom of ocean-facing communities. For her EMBracing the Ocean project, she collaborated with marine scientist Myriam Beck (Humboldt University of Berlin) to explore the interaction between science and ancient oral tradition of the coastal communities along Mozambique's Swahili coast to protect marine biodiversity and stengthen our bond with the Ocean.