The Holiwater Project band is a collective of artists from the UK, India and New Zealand. The installation-live show was created as a response to the music of Deb Das & Kannai Baul, the principle characters the documentary film Holiwater is based on. The performances aim at bringing an experience of the river to audiences. The intention is to inform, entertain and inspire positive action around issues relating to water. The music and film work is staged in hybrid environments and performed by artists  Tom Bailey, Vikash & Prabash Maharaj and James Pinker along with the music of the Bauls. The show is a public installation work conceived and directed by photographer & video artist Andrei Jewell. Performances regularly feature guest artists from India, New Zealand, U.K. and the U.S.

“Exercise with confidence and humility in your role as an Earth citizen. That you are a citizen of the Earth and that whatever you do does make a difference.”  Vandana Shiva, Physicist & Environmentalist
In the last 9 years The Holiwater Project band has performed eleven criticically acclaimed shows to thousands of people . These events when covered by mass media  have further exposed the work to many more people, often numbering in their millions through print and broadcasts by  major national news networks in India and New Zealand. The project has performed in settings from gothic cathedrals, wooded glades, desert palace reservoirs and on the banks for the Ganges itself. The installation-live show continues to be a captivating experience with a global message from the heart as it evolves through the film work.

“Talk about bucolic bliss at WOMAD… The Holiwater Project puts on another mesmerising set” – Listener Magazine

“The cinematic ambience encourages the listener into a world which is unhurried, meditative, yet pin point present”¦a show based on intense concentration, skill, and almost telepathic communication between the performing artists” – Metro Magazine

2009 ::  Gallery Installation ::

19th September – 4th October

Special  performance event 3rd October

The Govett – Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand :: www.govettbrewster.com

Previous performances of the live show

2007

Jaipur Heritage Festival, India

2005

The Banks of the Ganges, Varanasi, India

The Ashok Amphitheatre, New Delhi, India

The Neemrana Fort Palace Amphitheatre, Rajasthan, India

2004

The Auckland City Museum, New Zealand

St Mathews Cathedral, Auckland, New Zealand

WOMAD , New Plymouth, New Zealand

The Sawmill, Leigh, New Zealand

2002

SPLORE Festival, New Zealand

2001

Varanasi, India

2000

World Water Day, Boat Concert,Varanasi, India