Joshua Di Mattina-Beven
Selected Work
WaterWorks
Tussle
Wrestleclub
Listing, Wishing
Up Your Ass
Ditty4Duo
About
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Water erupts from a tortoise’s mouth, streams from a cherub’s eyes or spurts from a milkmaid’s breast. Saturated bodies depict bacchanal scenes of pleasure and pain.
Can the climax of this moment last forever?
What happens when everything bubbles over?
WaterWorks is a leaky, malfunctioning performance-sculpture. A rotating cast of 7 performers reconstruct the fountain as a site of collective action and anti-monument.Taking influence from Mierle Laderman Ukeles’ Maintenance Manifesto, we ask: how can our bodies go on through heartbreak, crisis and exhaustion? In cycles of birth and rebirth, WaterWorks will perform continuously into the night. Encounter at sundown and stay to make your wish come true.
WaterWorks was developed and performed as part of the Shopfront ARTSLAB season 2026 with Mentorship from Harriet Gillies.
Directed by Joshua Di Mattina-Beven
With Performances by
Blake Wilson
Bonnie Huang
Em Harbridge
Joshua Di Mattina-Beven
Layla Meadows
Mym Kwa
Sarah Kalule
Music by Alice Knight
Sound Design by Rowan Yeomans
Poster Series by @studio.artsandcrafts
Water
Wate