Eva Fomitski and Antuum (Ukraine/Austria)

Bio

Eva Fomitski is an artist and curator from Ukraine, currently based in Graz, Austria. Her artistic practice explores social and political discourses, including established behavioral models and unresolved past experiences that continue to influence our present reality. Currently, her main interest lies in exploring the complexities of collective memory and the mindset shaped by post-colonial experiences. She`s intrigued by problematic periods of history and their connection to the present. Main mediums: photography, installation, and video.

Antuum is a sound artist, composer, cellist, and improviser based in Graz, Austria. His work focuses on performing and building sound sculptures and kinetic installations, as well as live coding. His computer music practice is characterized by spatial constructs and digital soundscapes that circulate between cyber-lounge aesthetics and physical modeling. Physical modeling is used as a way to explore the corporeality of synthesized sound and to embody the abstract into the concrete sonic forms.

Project

The artists propose an “experiment” that uses water as both a symbol and a resource. With its dual nature—essential for life and transformation—water becomes a metaphorical bridge, much like the Narva River connecting two civilizations. Their project builds on the idea that rituals and superstitions remain influential, exploring beliefs in higher powers. The project, “Water Spell”, is inspired by a folk ritual where water serves as a channel for luck, prosperity, or healing. The artists are interested in the pseudoscientific belief that water can “absorb” and “carry” intentions, with the idea that negative speech can alter reality. To explore this, they will divide water from the Narva River into two parts: “unclean and sorrowful water” exposed to negative language, and “hopeful water” imbued with positive speech. The experiment will resemble a folk-Christian ritual, leaning toward pagan traditions.