Shigeko HIRAKAWA
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| Domesticated Water 2001 |
Shigeko HIRAKAWA
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| Domesticated Water 2001 |
| Maison des Arts de Malakoff, France, September - November 2001 |
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garden, Domesticated Water presents
giant “lenses” of water tinted a fluorescent yellowish-green around the
edges and darker green in the centre. This water is “tamed, separated
from nature, enclosed and unmoving”, enveloped in soft transparent
plastic and dyed with fluorescein, a substance used for tracking the
flow of underground water. It is this coloured water which provides the
Ariandne’s clue allowing the visitor to track the flow of the work’s
design, to clearly locate and distinguish; we are surely in the realm
of an experiment, an experimentation. The artificial color also gives
the water an aspect which is, paradoxically, even more abstract and
more universal. [... see Olivier Delavallade's text...] |
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 Domesticated Water 2001
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Domesticated
Water 2001
Installation in the grounds Dimension: 16m x 12.5 m 10 elements of 130cm and 150 cm in diameter Water, fluorescein, PVC, wood |
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 Water Circulation 2001
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| Water Circulation 2001 Installation on the ground floor Dimension : 7,5 x 3 x 2,5 m. Circulating fluorescent water, basin : 110 cm diameter, hose, water pump |
 Sky-Water 2001
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Sky-Water
2001 Installation on the first floor Dimension : 17m x 7.5m x 2.8 m 14 blue fireproofed cloth items, 6 pots (60cm in diameter each), soil, plants |
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