“BigWater”
BigWater is a project I started after reading Maude Barlow’s the Blue Covenant. It occurred to me that I could further empower the words in this book by incorporating them into an image of water. Maude Barlow generously allowed me to use her text. This permission began a journey to find out more about water and the project evolved to the scale you see before you.
In the process of working on BigWater I have experienced the enormity of what has been written about water as a precious resource in need of protecting to ensure it’s availability to all. I have found and read a volume of work written by individuals, scientists, journalists, researchers, policy makers, politicians, lawyers to politicians; the list and amounts of words are vast.
The 16 panels on view hold approximately 600,000 words. The book that inspired this project has about 58,000 words. And, 600,000 words is a tiny fraction of what has been written on the topic.
When I get involved in a project, I find that the process leads me into unexpected places. This project led me to the plethora of policies and laws, written by countries and world organizations — many of which are represented in this piece. I can’t help but wonder how many more words need to be written in order to affect change. -Avy Claire
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Sponsorship for the printing and fabrication of this project has been generously provided by Moss, Inc., “The Leader in Tension Fabric Displays”.
