As part of the Therme Forum for Theatre and Architecture programme at the Sibiu International Theatre Festival 2023, Therme Group presented Flying Waters by Icelandic artist Egill Sæbjörnsson.

Flying Waters is a site-specific artwork and pilot project for The Mother, commissioned by Therme Art for Therme Group’s Therme Bucharest facility. On 30 June 2023, the work was projected onto the façade of the Evangelical Church Sf. Maria, whose seven-storey tower is the tallest in Romania.

Animated water projections illuminated the church tower, forming fluid, luminous shapes that challenged perception and dissolved the boundary between the real and the virtual. The installation embodies Therme Art’s commitment to expanding how contemporary art is experienced and shared within public space.

Sæbjörnsson’s practice explores technology, animation, virtual reality, and the subtleties of everyday life, revealing how perception and imagination shape our material world. Within his larger installation The Mother, Flying Waters and related video works are projected onto a fountain inside a dome, transforming water into a living, fluid surface for moving images.

Flying Waters was first unveiled during Therme Art x Messe in St. Agnes at Gallery Weekend Berlin and Berlin Art Week 2020.

The Therme Forum for Theatre and Architecture is an ongoing dialogue between arts and design professionals worldwide, exploring the relationship between the performing arts and architecture. A collaboration between the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Therme Group, and Arup, the Forum has, since its founding five years ago, brought together over 70 speakers from 21 countries to discuss sustainability, digital technologies, architectural design, and the future of cultural infrastructure.

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