CYBER_NYMPHS
Since 2021, Justyna and Ewelina have collaborated as the art research duo known as 'cyber_nymphs.' As artists and scholars, they exchange skills, share knowledge, and work towards making the Blue Planet a lovable and desirable home for planetary survival. The duo aims to infuse blue posthumanities and blue environmental art with elements of fun, sensuality, and diversity. By advocating for a transdisciplinary approach that bridges new humanities and marine sciences, they delve into digital art and eco technologies as potential means to amplify ecological messages.
In 2023, cyber_nymphs launched the hydrosexual movement in the arts, aimed at fostering a community of artists, academics, and activists sharing their cross-disciplinary approach to water. They continue the work of Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, Californian artists who launched the ecosexual movement in arts in 2008. Drawing from their ideas on environmental change through art and activism, Ewelina and Justyna invited Annie and Beth and the scientist from the Great Salt Lake Institute at Westminster College to participate in ‘Cyber Wedding to the Brine Shrimp’ performance (2021). Since then, they have initiated collaborations in art projects and take part in symposiums, art events, and conferences dedicated to aquatic ecosystems. They are the mothers of brine shrimp babies and founders of the Blue Humanities Archive (https://bluehumanitiesarchive.com/), a platform for networking and sharing projects in blue digital and hydro-creative art.
Ewelina Jarosz
Ewelina Jarosz (she/they) is a hydrosexual researcher, queer blue posthumanities scholar, performative artist, and collaborator in interdisciplinary projects on hydro-art. They are children of the Baltic Sea where they grew up with cyanosis and algae. She received her Ph.D. in humanities at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. Ewelina was twice awarded The Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowship. She is currently based in Krakow and teaches at The Department of Media and Cultural Research at The Pedagogical University.
Justyna Gorowska
Justyna Górowska (she/her) is a hydrofeminist and performative artist, and collaborator in interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of art, technology, and social activism. As a child, she fell in love with the aquatic creatures of the Skawa River in Poland. She has exhibited in Berlin, Jakarta, Warsaw, and New York. She received her PhD at the University of Fine Arts in Poznan in 2020. She is currently based in Krakow and she teaches at The Intermedia Department at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts. https://justynagorowska.com/WetMeWild