Elster River, Leipzig, 2026
Wasserlithografie is a technique developed to listen to what water has to say. It records the sediments, salts and particles captured in the oils floating on the surface, making visible what our world looks like from below. Each print is a portrait of a specific body of water, collected from a specific place and moment.
Recording the invisible fingerprints of the world's bodies of water, Wasserlithografie is a site-responsive, socially-engaged and participatory art practice. It builds on communities' local queries into their waterscapes, combining alternative printmaking with sound, movement and dialogue as methods of participatory archiving.
Elster River (Leipzig)
Budapest Hot Springs
Danube River (Belgrad)
Sava River (Belgrad)
Danube River (Novi Sad)
Danube River (Budapest)
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Drin River (Shkodra)
Miljacka River (Sarajevo)
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Tirana Lake
Morača River (Podgorica)
Drina River (Bosnian-Serbian borderland)
Ionian Sea (South Corfu)
Ribnica River (Podgorica)
East Sea (Busan)
Giljang Stream (Busan)
Busan Port
Giljang Beach (Busan)
Songjeon Stream (Busan)
Songjeon Harbour (Busan)
Haeundae Beach (Busan)
Tiberias Lake
Jordan River
Dead Sea
Red Sea (Eilat)
Mediterranean Sea (Tel Aviv)
The Process
2026 — Museum für Druckkunst, Leipzig — public workshops
2026 — DerGalerieladen, Magdeburg — workshop
2026 — Vermont Studio Center, Vermont USA — fellowship residency
2025–26 — Resonant Matter — mobile Wasserlithografie project,
Balkan Region: Arillas, Corfu · Albania · Montenegro · Bosnia-Herzegovina · Serbia · Hungary
Partners: Goethe-Institut · Ferencváros· Europe House · Foundation Atelier for Community Transformation - ACT · the Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo · Mester Galéria · JRS and others
Funded by the Awesome Foundation — On the Water chapter
2025 — Naughty Muse Studios, Busan, South Korea — residency
2025 — Artists Studios/Art Cube, Jerusalem — residency
Wasserlithografie is a mobile studio and hosts a collection of water lithographies gathered from around the globe. If you are interested to host an exhibition or a workshop, contact wasserlithografie@gmail.com for collaboration inquiries.