Hydromedia – Seeing With Water
Groepstentoonstelling n.a.v. residentieproject in Antwerpen, Utrecht en Karlsruhe.
Opening 22 november, tentoonstelling van 23 november tot 16 maart 2025.
Participating artists
Mirja Busch, Alexandra Crouwers, Tim Theo Deceuninck, Sascha Herrmann, Mariko Hori, Arja Hop & Peter Svenson, Jarek Lustych, Jiajia Qi, Alina Schmuch, Sanne Vaassen, Meng-Chan Yu and Luiz Zanotello
Curators
Vanessa Bosch, Taco Hidde Bakker
Thirteen artists have focused on water and used photographic and acoustic processes to create new perspectives and a new proximity to questions of ecology and climate change. For the works shown in the exhibition Hydromedia- Seeing With Water, they use the existential element of water as a source of inspiration and a flowing medium and deal with the perpetual but very sensitive water cycle, the(endangered) diversity of life in bodies of water and at their borders, and the not always peaceful coexistence of water and humans.
The artworks were developed in 2023 and 2024 during three site-specific work phases. As hosts, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, the Utrecht University of theArts and the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design havenot only organized the artist residencies, but also symposia, excursions, workshops, local exhibitions and initiated an intensive exchange between the art world, science and the public. All three locations and all twelve artists now are coming together for the first time in the Technological Collections.
