WATER

WATER, a part of The People's Museum of Revisionist History, was an amorphous investigation of the world’s most precious resource, based on recordings and transcriptions of six months worth of (anonymous) group convenings occurring via teleconference in 2015. Each hour-long meeting involved slow, freeform conversation and sound-making about a different theme related to water (such as “Aquatic Life”, “Flood”, “Drowning”, “Sea Chanteys”…)

WATER spills out of the gallery, into virtual space as well into SPACES' entryway (where the activity of the building’s plumbing is amplified) and men's room (where those who use the the urinals produce unique soundtracks for small videos) and includes contributions from poets, fishmongers, plumbers, oceanographers, marine biologists, sailors, ceramicists, glassblowers, among others.

WATER showcases some poetics of a slippery thing that cannot be contained easily.

It also includes actual (intermingled) water from three different continents, and nine American states. Visitors are invited to leave and take water, to immerse themselves and to reconsider the waters in their lives outside of the museum.

Research collaborators include Andrew Abrahamson, Stephanie Acosta, Liz Bradfield, Matt Cronin, Reginia Curleyhair, Diablo Glass, Christy Georg, Sammy Sass, Andi Sutton, Jane Marsching, Doris Martinez, Eve Mosher, Heidi Neilson, Eva Saulitis, David Stempowski, many, many Facebook friends and you.

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