Water - there seems to be too much of it, yet still too little. The vital compound that enables life on Earth is often taken for granted. As we go about our bustling urban lives, we begin to lose grip of what it demands of us. In this episode, we ask our guest speakers why, and how to better understand our relationship to it.

Water just cannot seem to satisfy Europeans. Our infrastructure is often built in a way to try and get rid of rainwater as fast as possible. And yet, when it doesn’t rain, drought rears up its head. To understand our relationship to water, we must go beyond the tap.

Our Guests: Ana Mumladze Detering is one of the co-founders of Schwimmverein Donaukanal, a Swimming Club in Vienna that aims to revive the urban swimming culture in Vienna’s Danube Canal. (Instagram: @schwimmvereindonaukanal)

Amelie Schlemmer is a textile artist and co/founder of Hybrids Dessous, a sustainable fashion brand creating hybrids suitable on both land and water.

Jakub Sigmund is a Bratislava-based researcher and the project manager of BROZ, an NGO safeguarding the natural waterways for over two decades. (website: broz.sk)

We meet with them at The Alte Schmiede Kunstverein, Vienna.

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Creative team Réka Kinga Papp, editor-in-chief Merve Akyel, art director Szilvia Pintér, producer Zsófia Gabriella Papp, executive producer Margarita Lechner, writer-editor Salma Shaka, writer-editor Priyanka Hutschenreiter, project assistant

Management: Hermann Riessner managing director Judit Csikós project manager Csilla Nagyné Kardos, office administration

OKTO Crew Senad Hergić producer Leah Hochedlinger video recording Marlena Stolze video recording Clemens Schmiedbauer video recording Richard Brusek sound recording

Postproduction Nóra Ruszkai, lead video editor Kateryna Kuzmenko dialogue editor

Art Victor Maria Lima, animation Cornelia Frischauf, theme music

Captions and subtitles Julia Sobota, Daniela Univazo, Mars Zaslavsky, Marta Ferdebar, Olena Yermakova, Farah Ayyash

Hosted by The Alte Schmiede Kunstverein, Vienna

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This programme is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and the European Cultural Foundation.

Importantly, the views and opinions expressed here are those of the authors and speakers only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA can be held responsible for them.