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Body of water by Betty T. Kao
Here is my sketch for "Body of Water". In homage to our own bodies that are over 70% water I am creating an interactive art piece that has us think about our water. This is a sculpture of a transparent jelly fish made with fabric, within the womb like billows is an embryonic water creature. A braided twist of ribbon is beaded together with semi precious stones, glass, shell, and pearls, flows from the umbilical cord into tentacles. The piece is suspended from above. I would like to place a small pool of paper to represent water beneath the suspended jelly fish The water is represented by water drop shapes of paper that I am encouraging people to write on and attach these letters to the water sculpture pool. The drops of water fabric paper are linked together to create a stream of consciousness surrealist game poem. I may encourage a spoken word reading at the last day of the event under Ligget Arch. I might have an actual small water fountain in the middle of this paper moat beneath the sculpture. There is a battle for New York's clean water going on right now. If the Marcellus Shale upstate is ruptured by gas companies, our drinking water will be infected with radioactive toxic materials that even reverse osmosis filters can not clean. My art piece "Body of Water" is participatory, I am creating a discussion with the audience. Health studies in other states that have fracked, have proven that contact with these poisonous chemicals in their drinking water resulted in cancer. This is the best way to protect the waters is to ban frack. Pass bill, S4220. The FRAC Act would lift the fracturing exemption and force public disclosure so that people can know what toxins are being dumped into their water. We can participate in our own health by telling our representatives to ban fracking. It is an easy simple call, to find your rep go to:
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The audience are encouraged to become participants by calling their local senator to vote to Ban Frack. Those who have called their rep can email me, and I will send them a hand decorated thank you postcard from me or another artist. beatrixx at gmail dot com
Body of water by Betty T. Kao
Here is my sketch for "Body of Water". In homage to our own bodies that are over 70% water I am creating an interactive art piece that has us think about our water. This is a sculpture of a transparent jelly fish made with fabric, within the womb like billows is an embryonic water creature. A braided twist of ribbon is beaded together with semi precious stones, glass, shell, and pearls, flows from the umbilical cord into tentacles. The piece is suspended from above. I would like to place a small pool of paper to represent water beneath the suspended jelly fish The water is represented by water drop shapes of paper that I am encouraging people to write on and attach these letters to the water sculpture pool. The drops of water fabric paper are linked together to create a stream of consciousness surrealist game poem. I may encourage a spoken word reading at the last day of the event under Ligget Arch. I might have an actual small water fountain in the middle of this paper moat beneath the sculpture. There is a battle for New York's clean water going on right now. If the Marcellus Shale upstate is ruptured by gas companies, our drinking water will be infected with radioactive toxic materials that even reverse osmosis filters can not clean. My art piece "Body of Water" is participatory, I am creating a discussion with the audience. Health studies in other states that have fracked, have proven that contact with these poisonous chemicals in their drinking water resulted in cancer. This is the best way to protect the waters is to ban frack. Pass bill, S4220. The FRAC Act would lift the fracturing exemption and force public disclosure so that people can know what toxins are being dumped into their water. We can participate in our own health by telling our representatives to ban fracking. It is an easy simple call, to find your rep go to:
or
The audience are encouraged to become participants by calling their local senator to vote to Ban Frack. Those who have called their rep can email me, and I will send them a hand decorated thank you postcard from me or another artist. beatrixx at gmail dot com