“WATER DANCE” – San Francisco, USA, 2025, by multimedia artist Alessandra Mattanza, is a visual art installation and an art film (2 hours) about the co-existence of water and art in an urban landscape environment. It reflects the power of water, its primordial strength and energy, its positive and regenerative energy, and how art can inspire and enhance the community. Art can be a fundamental tool in environmental protection and the importance of water. Art can help raise awareness about parks and “green cities,” more than necessary now in an era of climate crisis. Art can bridge nature and humanity, promoting biodiversity and sustainability.

“WATER DANCE,” now at the Hyatt Regency Hotel San Francisco Downtown SOMA, in San Francisco, is part of the project A BETTER PLANET, A BETTER WORLD (www.abetterplanetabetterworld.org), which officially supports the UNITED NATIONS’ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, and is also part of the project “SOMA, SAN FRANCISCO, A MODEL OF URBAN SUSTAINABILITY,” San Francisco, 2025.

“”WATER DANCE” emphasizes the power of water and nature and inspires us to reflect, think, meditate, and dream. Art takes action. It contains a strong message of green social justice, where water can convey an essential message of activism. It was shot in two significant locations in the district of SOMA in San Francisco Downtown, which represents a vision for a better world in an urban context of high-rise condos, luxury hotels, museums, asphalt, and buildings, where parks, trees, and flowers are so crucial for the community and a concept of good and better living.

“WATER DANCE” was shot in the EAST GARDEN, just across from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), at the CASCADING FOUNTAIN with the play of water and light and a small terrace allowing you to sit almost in the water. It is an immersive experience full of positive energy and reflection of thoughts. John Roloff’s high sculpture, “Green Glass Ship – Deep Gradient / Suspect Terrain,” rises above you.

“WATER DANCE” was shot at the MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEMORIAL AND WATERFALL, titled “Revelation” and built in 1993. Located in Yerba Buena Gardens in SOMA, a 50-foot by twenty-foot foot wall of water games and constructed under a 120,000-gallon reflecting pool with small rivers of water on rocks and walls, among words and poetic quotes, this memorial is a collaboration between sculptor Houston Conwill, poet Estella Conwill Majoza, and architect Joseph DePace. The waterfall blocks the city’s sound, offering a moment of reflection, peace, and contemplation. Behind the vast waterfall are panels inscribed with Dr. Martin Luther King’s essential words for changing society and a meditation walk with waters roaring down around you.

There is also the Chon-En Butterfly Garden at the northeast end of the meadow, where the artist Reiko Goto created a garden that attracts native butterflies. This is another example of how nature and biodiversity coexist and live in a city’s urban environment. The park is also full of hummingbirds.