Festival Artist-in-Residence AMY SHARROCKS made the invitation for prople to consider their relationship with the world’s most indispensable liquid.
“The Museum of Water is one of those exhibitions that combines art and science in an intriguing exercise of empathy and imagination. Along the way it teaches us plenty, about the importance of water to the environment, to biology, to history and, via memory and symbolism, to our deepest psychological selves.” The Monthly
This two-year collection with over 1500 public contributions was experienced by over 20,000 people and has now been acquired by the West Australian Museum.
“Collecting the water, bringing it along, and
explaining why it mattered to me was a
surprisingly powerful experience. In a place
where water is so precious, there was a quiet
solemnity to the Museum of Water that seemed
to perfectly capture the way that water is both
an everyday banality and a sacred element.”
The Conversation