Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We hope this announcement of a new research platform and Zoom Seminar Series might be of interest for many in the PP community. Please see all further details below.

We are delighted to announce the launch of the Performing Water project devoted to the study of how theater, art, and the performing arts engage with the element of water in its various forms.
The project is currently two-fold:

1) First of all, we are happy to announce a Zoom seminar series designed to put scholars and artists in conversation around water/art interactions. The schedule, line-ups, and descriptions can be found on our website. To join, please enter your email into the “Join us” box on the homepage and you will be added to a mailing list to receive the Zoom links to the sessions.

Our first session is next Wednesday, September 29th from 6-8pm
(CET) on the theme of “Currents.” Our colleague Valérie Morisson from the Université de Bourgogne will be presenting works byJohn Akomfrah, Ayesha Hameed, Marianne Keating, and Ailbhe Ní Bhrian, followed by talks by the artists Marianne Keating and Ailbhe Ní Bhrian themselves. We have chosen the seminar format to allow open discussion with all online participants during the session.

2) Secondly, we are in the process of building a research platform,
visible here, where you can find references and resources gathering a range of works, artists, and multimedia tools following three thematic streams.

We welcome any and all contributions to this effort, so please advise if you know of works or productions we have yet to discover! Many more additions and a pedagogical resources section are in the making.

Greetings from the Performing Water team: Anne-Laure Fortin-Tournes (Le Mans Université) Anna Street (Le Mans Université)
Ramona Mosse (Freie Universität Berlin)

Kamila Mamadnazarbekova (Sorbonne Université)