There are vestiges of this ritual today in the 'Asperges' of the Christian mass when the priest sprinkles holy water on the congregation with an aspergillum. This entirely natural element can be applied to a number of physical and psychological ailments. Employed by people for millennia, Water Medicine is now available for general use. Water Medicine is a speculative science, inviting artists and visitors to fill in the details. At this stage, the outline concerns that part of everyday life that approaches the sacred, without any fanfare.
Water is both a common element of life and at the same time a critical medium for life to continue.
In our domestic routines, water figures as an important lubricant to smooth the transitions between night and day. At a national level, water has provided an important stage for the colonisation of Australia. Figures such as C.Y.O'Conner, who oversaw the pipeline from Perth to Kalgoorlie, have helped shape the way we inhabit the dry continent. As a speculative science, it invites acts of imagination to create both its symptoms and cures.