One of the important challenges of our time, especially for the metropolitan way of life, is to reconnect with the complexity of our inherent analog nature, to rehabilitate the richness of perception and emotional relationships. Digital stimuli involve fewer senses, leave a duller memory than analogue stimuli, but are as limitless as the medium of water that makes up much of our bodies.
Layers of Water aims to speak to us at a level as basic (archaic and elemental) as water, because the impulses of the digital world are similar: whether they are images, sounds or other information, they are often not easily filtered and we often feel overwhelmed by them.
The symbolic meaning of the filter layers used in the project allows visitors to engage personally with the process of filtering, so that, in addition to the layer of moving image projected onto the installation, filtering water can become a more complex experience, reflecting the difference in complexity between digital and analogue stimuli.
The layers of the filter:
– Gravel layer(s): remove larger impurities. Meditation: cleansing the foundations
– Sand layer: removes the finer impurities, symbolizing the deeper washing through of our lives
– Activated Charcoal: Removes organic compounds and odours, symbolising the possibility of freedom from worries and spiritual renewal
– Tissue or cotton: Removes the finest particles, symbolizing the filtering of our most saturated layers
The filtered water can be poured into cups and water bottles.
In a workshop that will complement the installation, we will make our own water filters and try out different aspects of filtration.
Date and time:
8 September 2024 4 PM – 10 PM – installation
8 September 2024 4 PM – 6 PM – workshop
Location: RAKPART, in front of VALYO Viaduct, 1051 Budapest, Jane Haining rkp.
Contributor to the discussion related to the art project: dr. Dóra Gere, chemist, water hygiene expert, National Centre for Public Health and Pharmacy
Moderator: Cili Lohász, VALYO – City and River Association
Date of the discussion: 8 September 2024, 6 PM
Location of the discussion: RAKPART, in front of VALYO Viaduct, 1051 Budapest, Jane Haining rkp.
Language: the installation is English-friendly, but the workshop and discussion are in Hungarian
The programme is free of charge.
You can register to the workshop or just join in.
Please register HERE