Artwork
OrtaWater - Purified water from the Canal Grande Venice and Emmersingel Rotterdam
Lucy + Jorge Orta, 2005-2006
- Ref: 1360
- Materials: Steel structure, Lambda photograph laminated, 2 OrtaWater bottles, tap
- Dimensions: 35 x 32 x 13cm (Edition of 10)
- Exhibition history: 2011 galerieofmarseilles France; 2006 Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam; 2005 Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa Venezia
- Concept: OrtaWater is pure water created from water pumped from the Canal Grande in Venice and the Emmersingel canal in Rotterdam. It was purified and desalinated in the OrtaWater Pumpstation on exhibition at the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa Venice for the 2005 Biennale and the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam 2006.
