Waterlines

Volunteer Park, Seattle (2009)


Located in an office trailer, the installation displayed stories with a global perspective on drinking-water use while the performance grew out of conversations with Seattle Public Utility staff. The Stranger reviewed Waterlines here.


Installation view: water stories. audience stories, trailer.

Water stories: one. two, three, four, five. six, seven, eight, nine.

Performance: video excerpt (8 minutes).


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After the local water system in Sirt, Turkey broke, women walked miles to fill containers from a trickle of water. One woman joked that they should deny any intimacy to their husbands until the system was fixed. The joke grew into a protest. The husbands went to the municipality, asking for help or at least to be given parts so they could fix the pipes themselves.





Stokley Towles








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