TY - JOUR TI - Understanding with Water: Hydro-art in Osieki (1973) AU - Majewska-Güde, Karolina TI - Understanding with Water: Hydro-art in Osieki (1973) AB - The paper is located at the intersection of the art history of the Polish neo-avant-garde and the environmental humanities informed by feminist new materialisms. It proposes an interpretation of performative works in which artists used aqueous matter as an object of interaction, a source of artistic transcription, and as an active participant in artistic scenarios. It concentrates on works that were realized during the open-air art meetings in socialist Poland and in particular at the Osieki meeting in 1973 with the title The Art of Water Surfaces [Plastyka obszarów wodnych]. Based on the analyzed works, it offers a speculative reflection on Hydroart, which is defined as region-specific development parallel to land art practices. VL - 2021 IS - Issue 2 (48) Błękitna humanistyka PY - 2021 SN - 1895-975X C1 - 2084-3860 SP - 356 EP - 374 DO - 10.4467/20843860PK.21.023.14080 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-kulturoznawczy/article/understanding-with-water-hydro-art-in-osieki-1973 KW - art history KW - blue humanities KW - neo-avant-garde KW - plein-airs KW - environmental art