‘The square is a sanctuary of trust and solidarity, within their limits, we all have the same rights and obligations.’ Robert Ostend's film The Square (2016)

The action of drowning embodies a dual and counterposed query, is it an empowerment of one owns body or a resignation from the terrain world? Recalling the underwater baptism practiced in many churches, the performance reflects upon the aggressive and yet sacred properties of water, one of giving pleasure and one of giving pain.