From the naumachia of Ancient Rome to the drowning women of the pre-Raphaelites, the presence of water in art and performance has a long and rich history. Yet over the past thirty years, thanks in part to technological advances and rising ecological urgency, artistic engagements with water as a live element are multiplying in parallel with changing conceptions of human and non-human confluence and the emergence of Blue Humanities. From using dye to turn urban rivers bright colors and composing music along with the sound of melting icebergs to flooding theater stages and submerging sculptures onto the ocean floor, the proliferating collaborations between the element of water and contemporary artistic forms constitute what this project claims could be called a Water Art movement that warrants sustained academic analysis.