The Wetness is a new-wave spiritual practice meets submersive performance piece by Boorloo-based artist Rose KB. An ongoing and often site-specific work, the slippery ceremony aims to connect us to the wet stuff inside and outside of us. 

Drawing from hydrofeminism, clowning and collective mythmaking, the work invites participants to tap into their own internal tides – unclogging, submerging and dissolving the boundaries between self and surrounding bodies of wetness. 

Playfully drowning us in an infinite pooling of oceanic mythologies and spa-side desires, The Wetness unfolds through participatory rituals, immersive encounters, and surreal performance. Previous site-specific editions have included an office building turned into a Wetness Centre, hotel rooms, nightclub dancefloor, gay sauna and a boat. 

The work involves a team of inter-disciplinary artists, working together to see how deep The Wetness can go. With recent showings at Fremantle Biennale’s Room Service and an upcoming season at FRINGE WORLD 2026. It’s time to seize the spray!