[test] Holy Waters (HW) is the first hydrofiction that informs the development of water cybernetics for speculative water governance. In the scenario proposed by this project, water has been declared a hydrocommon with a set of elemental rights, disrupting notions of nature, value, infrastructure, borders, and sovereignty.

Towards the establishment of water as an hydrocommon, the initial premise of HW is to consider the hydrocommons in a literal sense: as common attitudes towards water. The veneration and protection of water, a widespread practice and belief, thus make up this first hydrofiction that examines the paralegal dimensions and ritual uses of holy waters and sacred wells, as well as the notion of pilgrimage and votive practices around water.