introduction

Water Festival is an activity concerns to water glorification ethos which is held by Payung Hitam Foundation, the organization which develops environmental care program through the appreciation of wider public from many activities, environment workshop, seminar and performance art.

Water Festival is started in 2008. It is in the form of performance art from domestic and foreign artists, such as Dance Performance from Africa, Theatre Performance from Indonesia, Collaboration of Art Installation and Video Art from Serbia, Philippine and United States of America with Global Warming as the issue. 10 countries will join this Water Festival 2010: Serbia, Japan, Netherland, Philippine, America, Canada, New Zealand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and South Africa.

This cultural movement is the attempt to develop the awareness of water glorification as the method of advocacy and education for public. Payung Hitam Foundation works together with emtiarts in managing an event called International Water Festival 2010 with emphasizing on the art of performance (theatre, dance, musical, and art installation), seminar, creative writing and a roadshow to high schools.