Water is not only one of the most important resources and
a prerequisite for all life, it is also a connecting element.
The hydrological cycle also flows through our bodies. As soon
as we take in water and release it again, we are intimately
interwoven with other bodies of water in a complex network.

Water connects us to other places, such as the Mediterranean,
other times, from prehistoric times to potential futures, to events
that may not yet have obviously reached us and stories of
community, identity, gender and flight.

From the Neckar to the deep sea, from permafrost to tears - these
watery conditions are both material and semiotic. They provide
impulses to say goodbye to our lived assumption of dominance over
nature and redefine our role as water bodies in times of climate crisis
and water scarcity.

11/07/24 – 14/07/24
at Kunst.Klima Raum
Lecture Performance, Installation, Presentation

Wet Relations is an open format that uses events, readings, performances and exhibitions on the island or temporarily in the urban space. The focus is on the artistic examination of bodies of water from different perspectives.

02/07/23
Installation "wet relations" by Sonja Schwarz and Beatrice Bucher with Lecture Performance I ( engl.): Text by Astrida Neimanis "Bodies of Water, Human Rights and the Hydrocommons"

30/07/23
Sound installation "places04" by Eva Dörr and Lena Meinhardt

Installation "wet relations" by Sonja Schwarz and Beatrice Bucher with Lecture Performance II (English): Text by Rony Horn "Saying Waters"

17/09/23
Sound installation "places04" by Eva Dörr and Lena Meinhardt

Installation "Wasserkissen" by Juliana Ludwig

Installation "wet relations" by Sonja Schwarz and Beatrice Bucher with Lecture Performance III (English): Text by Zeyn Joukhadar "Water with no center" from "Thus waves come in pairs"

24/09/23
Collaborative and performative field research with Johanna Knoop

The 2023 program was funded by the City of Stuttgart, the LBBW Foundation and Künstlerhaus Stuttgart. The events in September took place as part of the festival CURRENT - KUNST UND URBANER RAUM.

photos: Elia Schmid and Max Coupé