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Everything moist seems alive
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workEverything Moist Seems Alive by MAISON the FAUX (Tessa de Boer and Joris Suk), with Studio Boris Acket (Boris Acket, Luiza Guidi), MU Hybrid Art House (curation and research, Angelique Spaninks), Dutch National Opera & Ballet (composition, Frieda Gustavs), TEAL (creative engineering) and Frederik Heyman (video). MU (B11), Strijp-S. Dutch Design Week 2026 ddw.nlResearch cited
Other sources
- OpenStax, Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §26.2 Water Balance openstax.org
- OpenStax, Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §26.1 Body Fluids and Fluid Compartments openstax.org
- USGS Water Science School, The water in you: water and the human body usgs.gov
- Museum.nl, MU Hybrid Art House museum.nl
- Dutch Design Daily, DDW26: Maison the Faux x MU (19 Oct 2026) dutchdesigndaily.com
- Vogue NL (Marjolein van den Brand), Vogue's guide voor Dutch Design Week 2026 (19 Oct 2026) vogue.nl
- Hydrofeminism everything moist seems alive installation (dezeen.com) dezeen.com
- About mu (mu.nl) mu.nl
- Dutch design week 2026 (wallpaper.com) wallpaper.com
- Dutch design week toont dat persoonlijke projecten het meest beklijven ddw (brabantcultureel.nl) brabantcultureel.nl
- Design 23 projects selected 2026 (stimuleringsfonds.nl) stimuleringsfonds.nl
- operaballet.nl/en/programma/29+450 operaballet.nl
- Preview everything moist seems alive (iamsterdam.com) iamsterdam.com
- Everything moist seems alive (mu.nl) mu.nl
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A gray cylinder on a wooden plinth releasing a plume of mist in a dark exhibition hallPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 2
- A dark wall with the printed title Maison the Faux, Everything Moist Seems Alive, and booklets belowPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 3
- The Waterbar at MU: a bartender behind rows of glasses lit by tea lights, under the word WATERBAR on a dark green wallPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 4
- A hanging form covered in small tan nodules, lit against a dark wall near the barPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 5
- The performance at MU: a performer in a long dark robe and a tall white headdress stands before wooden crosses and candles against a blue-lit glass wall, with a second robed performer and video screens behindPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 6
- A sheet of water pours from a glass tank raised on a steel frame into a wide glass basin below, lit by a bright lamp in a dark hall, while the audience watches from the floorPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 7
- Code-drawn diagram: a grid of 100 squares standing for an adult body by weight, 50 filled in orange for about half and 10 more in light orange for up to 60 percent, with a note that where a person sits in that range depends on age and body fatImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against USGS Water Science School, The Water in You: Water and the Human BodyMuseum or journal record
- Slide 8
- Code-drawn diagram: a bar split into about 60 percent of body water inside cells and the rest outside, above a picture of cells bathed in interstitial fluid beside a capillary carrying blood plasma, each labeledImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 26.1, Body Fluids and Fluid CompartmentsMuseum or journal record
- Slide 9
- Code-drawn diagram: a box for the body with blue arrows for water coming in from drink and food and from metabolism in cells, and orange arrows for water leaving through the kidneys as urine, the skin by evaporation and the lungs in breathImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 26.2, Water BalanceMuseum or journal record
- Ring frame
- Steam tram locomotive RSTM 2, Nederlands SpoorwegmuseumFrame: Alf van Beem, CC0, croppedMuseum or journal record
- Quotes and video
- The host's and the bartender's words quoted in this post, from RN's video at MURN's own footage, 17 Oct 2026, MU Hybrid Art House, Strijp-S, Eindhoven