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Counter-Narratives of Water

In modern times, the abundance of water and its constant availability make it paradoxically invisible. Underground circulation and complex hydrological systems, such as karsts, are relegated to the background of everyday life. Water is becoming a mere production factor.

Faced with this reality, initiatives are emerging. Counter-narratives are amplifying the voices and practices that are reinventing our relationship with water and the environment, on the fringes of the dominant discourse. In the Jura, the history of cooperatives, pioneers of social security, is inspiring collective water management. The karst, with its underground and borderless networks, calls for a reflection on interdependence and the common good, inviting us to imagine new cooperative utopias around water.

In the form of an assemblage of aerial shots, 3D illustrations, interviews and scientific images, this video essay explores the issues surrounding water in five chapters, from popular stories to scientific knowledge, from the rejection of running water and its scarcity to putting rivers to work.

  • DISNOVATION.ORG art collective
    Director
  • DISNOVATION.ORG art collective
    Writer
  • Clémence Seurat
    Writer
  • À Demeure Association
    Producer
  • Dasha Ilina
    Editing
  • DISNOVATION.ORG art collective
    Editing
  • DISNOVATION.ORG art collective
    sound
  • Programme Europe Créative
    supports
  • Action Nouveaux Commanditaires
    supports
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Contre-récits de l'eau
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    Video Essay, Art-Science Research
  • Runtime:
    33 minutes 41 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    France
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 4k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - DISNOVATION.ORG art collective

DISNOVATION.ORG merges contemporary art, research & hacking to critically translate complex eco-social debates into operative and provocative exhibits. They create radical artworks staged as large laboratory experiments focused on energy, ecology and economics that work as catalysts for crafting futures that diverge from prevailing narratives. Their exhibits, books and videos permeated global cultural landscapes fostering a critical dialogue at the nexus of artistic, political and scientific inquiry. They co-edited A Bestiary of the Anthropocene with Nicolas Nova, an atlas of anthropic hybrid creatures, and The Pirate Book, an anthology on media piracy.

DISNOVATION.ORG’s works have been exhibited, performed, published and reviewed worldwide, including at the Palais de Tokyo, Centre Pompidou, Jeu de Paume (Paris), Museum of Art and Design (New York), Fonderie Darling (Montréal), HMKV (Dortmund), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), ZKM (Karlsruhe), Ars Electronica (Linz), MU (Eindhoven), Strelka Institute (Moscow), China Museum of Digital Arts (Beijing), Chronus Art Center (Shanghai), Polytechnic Museum (Moscow), ISEA (Paris, Hong Kong), Elektra (Montréal), HEK (Basel)... Their work has been featured in Forbes, Wired, Vice, Motherboard, Libération, Die Zeit, Arte TV, Next Nature, Hyperallergic, Le Temps, Neural.it, Digicult, Gizmodo and Filmmaker Magazine among others.

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