Hydro Bodies Assembly

Hydro Bodies Assembly

09.05.2025
20:00 – 21:00
iii workspace
FREE via THIS FORM
Performance as the outcome of this workshop

Have you ever heard the point of view of a river? Want to witness the discussion of water bodies rights? Join the Hydro Bodies Assembly, where artists, activists and citizens perform together with video, sound and ready-made sculptures to rethink our connection to water. Discover a powerful mix of art and activism that challenges perspectives and inspires action for our rivers, seas and waterways.

The Lecture Performance “Hydro Bodies Assembly” is a choral reading of the Charter of Rights of Hydro Bodies, created by Corpi Idrici Collective with activists and jurists. 

The audience will experience a unique blend of performance, activism and multimedia art. They will witness a choral reading of the Hydro  Bodies’ Chart of Rights, accompanied by multi-channel video projections, ready-made sculptures, field recordings and interactive texts will be able to participate

It will be inclusive and participatory. Local artists and activists will be invited to take part in the performance via the workshop prior to the performance evening.

The performance tours four cities in Europe: Genoa, The Hague, Oslo, Berlin (hybrid performance) to convey its strong message against territorial extractivism at the expense of nature, telling through images, voices and sounds the corporality of oppressed and obliterated ecosystems and spreading the message of the Charter. 

Hydro Bodies Assembly

Hydro Bodies Assembly is part of an evolving artistic project by Corpi Idrici collective. First performances were presented in 2021 under the title Corpi Idrici – Sinfonia da una città at  Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli in Milan, at Teatro Nazionale in Genoa in the frame of Electropark festival, and in 2022 at Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella.

Corpi Idrici collective

Corpi Idrici is a transdisciplinary collective of artistic research initiated in Genoa (Italy) in 2021 from the desire to create a shared path of investigation and construction of imagery, offering a sensitive map that brings to light the potential expressed by local hydro bodies, conjoined with community struggles for land defense, possible responses to environmental emergencies, rituals related to water, and the idea that it can represent a creative and vital continuous flow for the future. From 2024 Corpi Idrici is part of the European network Confluence of European Water Bodies.


This presentation is happening with the support of Perform Europe as part of the Transgeographical Hydro Bodies project.

Perform Europe, supported by the European Union, is a funding scheme for the European performing arts sector. It facilitates international networking and supports inclusive, diverse, and eco-friendly touring projects across the 40 Creative Europe countries. Perform Europe emphasises practices rooted in sustainability and inclusivity, aiming to transform the performing arts sector and ensure a balanced distribution across the continent.

Perform Europe is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and implemented by a consortium of six organisations: IETM – International network for contemporary performing arts, European Festivals Association (EFA), Circostrada, European Dance Development Network, Pearle * – Live Performance Europe and IDEA Consult.


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