Through action, Water into Wine III establishes a ritual of death, chaos, and purification. It is the beginning of the construction of a Gesamkunstwerk which takes place on the evening of Summer Solstice and Saint John’s Eve following suite. Composed of five elements: carbon (charcoal), wine, sea salt (salt water), sun, and human bodies, the participants undergo a transformation both personal and collective, drawing on various Pagan, Shinto, Buddhist, and Catholic ceremonies. Focusing on states of bardo and trance induction, the work is realized through the transmutation of tangible materials in incorporeal forms.

Water into Wine III is a collaboration with five Swiss based artists and actors who are Butoh, medicine, and yoga practioners, and five international ones, artists, and Nitsch actors, in addition to select composers specializing in Antonin Artaud and Viennese Actionism.