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Objet d’Art From Bottled Water
July 12, 2009 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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Elizabeth Royte, auteur extraordinaire, has an item on her blog about artist Christine Destrempes’ installation entitled 13,699 - that number of plastic water- bottle caps strung on monofilament. It represents the number of people who daily die from preventable diseases related to water. That is about 5 million per year.
Here is a close-up showing the detail of the installation. The caps were obtained from a recycling center.
It is on display at the Sharon Arts Downtown Exhibition Gallery in Peterborough, NH.
From the press release:
Christine Destrempes created the installation 13,699 to raise awareness of the number of people who die every day from preventable, water-related diseases because they do not have access to clean water. Clear plastic, recycled water bottle caps, collected from the Keene, NH Transfer Station, represent each person who dies, tying the environmental and social impact of the water bottling industry to the plight of people in developing countries.
The caps, strung on monofilament and hung from a 10′ x 10′ metal grid, form a fluid, cube-like structure with one point of access and exit. The production of 13,699 was taken into public venues, high schools, and colleges. Hundreds of people listened to Destrempes’ presentation on global water issues and art for social change, and volunteered to drill holes in and string bottle caps. 13,699 is an invitation to look deeply, yet gently, at a disturbing humanitarian crisis statistic by literally entering into it.
I think Einstein’s quote is apropos.
“Art is an expression of the profoundest thoughts in the simplest way.” — Albert Einstein
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