July 30, 2005
What's wrong with this picture?
A water company has given notice to a work of art which has already shed enough water to sprinkle half the lawns in Surrey.Full story here. What next? Publicly killing endangered animals to draw attention to their plight?The artist disconsolately conceded yesterday that his installation, The Running Tap, has probably run its course after pouring an estimated 800,000 litres (1.4m pints) down the drain during one of the worst droughts in the south-east in decades. . .
Mark McGowan . . . intended to leave it running for a year - to highlight, he insists, the way people waste water. . . yesterday he spluttered with outrage about people washing their teeth or cleaning vegetables under a running tap. At the weekend he denounced a family member for running the washing machine daily for only a handful of clothes.
Posted by David on July 30, 2005 10:30 AM
That's another difference between normal people and conceptual artists: when we do something mean or stupid to "make a point" it's usually in a snit and without much forethought....
Posted by: Ahistoricality on July 30, 2005 7:55 PM
Has the lad never heard of recycling water in a display / fountain? Looks like it's going down the drain, but in reality is pumped back up to the tap. Not exactly rocket science.
What's next for him? "Prick me, I bleed" so he slits his wrists?
Posted by: Sarah
on July 31, 2005 10:33 AM
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