Humans have a complex and difficult relationship to the aquatic environment.
We need water to survive and our body is 90 percent water, but it is an environment where we cannot breathe naturally and there is always the danger of drowning. It is a substance that when we enter it becomes a physical presence that surrounds and touches our bodies. It is a forever-changing environment where we are required to constantly adjust to it s ebb and flow. This presentation will examine aspects of non-verbal language and communication in a studio based research project that involves looking at how interactive sound and video technologies can be used to create new ways to evocate this physical experience of being in the water. The experience of being in water is hard to evoke in a non-temporal medium, because it is a rich sensual experience.