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Hydromemories
An exhibition on the theme of water

For the last year twelve international artists have been examining the theme of water.
Their diverse perspectives will be presented to the public for the first time in the exhibition Hydromemories between the 5th and the 7th of October.

Hydromemories presents: Audio, Video, and  Installation works, together with participatory actions which examine the  socially, politically and culturally  symbolic as well as spiritual aspects of water.

The interdisciplinary project Hydromemories brings into discussion both the current private and industrial wastage of water and the future crisis in its worldwide provision.

The guarantee of individual public access to water is understood to be a universal right.
During the exhibition in Berlin at the Stadtbad Steglitz, and in cooperation with Ingenieure ohne Grenzen e.V,  a relief action will be initiated, in which art together with science will be brought into action in order to facilitate the building of two water cisterns in Tanzania

 

Exhibition times:
Hydromemories                 From 5th till 7th October 2007
Opening                            Friday th October, 7.00pm
Opening times                   Saturday 6th October from 4.00pm till 10.00pm
                                        Sunday 7th October from 2.00pm till 8.00pm

Programm of academic talks
Saturday 6th at 5.00pm                       

Kurt Saygin, Dipl. Ing., Ingenieure ohne Grenzen e.V.
"Water is water? Watersources and their problems"

Sunday 7th at 4.00pm                        

Marko Faber, Ingenieure ohne Grenzen e.V.
"Kagera, in the highlands of Tanzania:  A region in between water shortage and mobile phone reception"

Sunday 7th  at 5.00pm                        

Tilmann Straub Dipl. Ing., Ingenieure ohne Grenzen e.V.
The self cleaning power of water- Sustainable drinking water production through Embankment filtration with reference to the example of Berlin

Address                                    STADTBAD STEGLITZ
                                                Bergstrasse 90, HH. - 12169 Berlin
                                                U Bahn/S Bahn Rathaus Steglitz

Information and donations          www.hydromemories.com
                                                hydromemories-2007@web.de - Tel : 01520.2912955
Artists
Felipe Aguila - Silke Bauer - Maciek Dyczkowski - Bernardo Giorgi - Dominic Hislop – Gillian Holt - Zoltan Kunckel - Irina Novarese - Alessandro Quaranta - Kinya Shiraishi - Viola Thiele - Joanna Zjadacz

Project concept                          Irina Novarese

Curation                                    Gillian Holt, Zoltan Kunckel, Irina Novarese

Cooperation Partners:           

Ingenieure ohne Grenzen e.V ., Institut für Kunst im Kontext, UdK Berlin

Sponsors:

           

Berliner Fenster GmbH, Interflugs, Berlin, Fondazione Skiot, Italien, dmp Digital- und Offsetdruck GmbH, UdK Berlin, Fachschaft des Instituts für Kunst im Kontext, St. Leonhards Quelle GmbH, Stadtkultur Berlin GmbH, Stiftung Umverteilen.