In an era where water scarcity is no longer a future threat but a reality already affecting millions of people, art has the duty to shake us, to strip us of our certainties, and to bridge the distance that, even symbolically, often arises between us and the world around us. This is precisely what Eau de Eau does, an artistic and conceptual project by Max Papeschi and Arianna Bonucci.
Thursday, May 14 – 6:00 PM
Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, 1200 Av. du Dr Penfield
Free admission with reservation (RSVP)
Presented in Milan on May 21, 2025, during an event that elegantly “deceived” its guests, Eau de Eau is not just an art object, but a sharp and uncompromising critique of our system of values. Water, the universal symbol of life, becomes here a fetish, a luxury good, trapped in a beautifully designed bottle and sold as if it were an exclusive fragrance. Thus, what should be a right becomes a privilege. And, let’s be clear, this is already the reality in many parts of the world.
Max Papeschi
A contemporary artist active since 2008, following a background as a theater and film director. He gained international recognition with a public artwork exhibited in Poznań, Poland, and has held over 70 solo exhibitions worldwide. In 2014, he published his autobiography. In 2016, he launched the project Welcome to North Korea with Amnesty International and directed the music video It’s All Devo for Gerald Casale. His works have been featured in major cultural events in Italy and abroad. Recent projects include Extinction (since 2023), a traveling exhibition exploring humanity as if it were extinct, and Eau de Eau (2025), created with Arianna Bonucci and toured across the United States.
Arianna Bonucci
A photographer born in Siena in 1996, she graduated from IED in 2019. Her visual research combines pop culture, contemporary art, and surreal imagery, with an ironic and experimental style. She works professionally in fashion, food, and still life photography. She has participated in several group exhibitions in Italy. Since 2024, she has been working in communication for the cultural center PARCO in Milan, and since 2025, she has been the creative communication director for Design Diffusion. In the same year, she co-created the project Eau de Eau with Max Papeschi, which has been toured in the United States.
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