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Body of Water by Betty T. Kao
Body of Water by Betty T. Kao
“In homage to our own bodies that are over 70% water, an interactive altar art piece that has us think about our water. 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, flows from the umbilical cord into tentacles. Below is a pool of paper, the water is represented by water drop shapes of paper encouraging people to write on and attach these letters to the sculpture. The drops are linked together to create a stream of consciousness surrealist game poem, encouraging a spoken word reading at the last day of the event under Ligget Arch. 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. 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.
Body of Water by Betty T. Kao
Body of Water by Betty T. Kao
“In homage to our own bodies that are over 70% water, an interactive altar art piece that has us think about our water. 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, flows from the umbilical cord into tentacles. Below is a pool of paper, the water is represented by water drop shapes of paper encouraging people to write on and attach these letters to the sculpture. The drops are linked together to create a stream of consciousness surrealist game poem, encouraging a spoken word reading at the last day of the event under Ligget Arch. 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. 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.