Museum of Water
Fascinating installation at Somerset House or as described on the entrance a live artwork
by Amy Sharrocks.
I am not sure
what I made of it! It was very inviting and intriguing being set in the old
Light Wells and Dead House which it used really well. As you walked round the
light well there was the sound of dripping water from some of the closed off
rooms. Other rooms were open with water related objects spilling out, hence the
umbrellas in the attached picture.
Once in the main
area of the Dead House which had a rather dark, sinister entrance, there were
shelves of bottles of water which people had collected and donated. Some of
these were very touching such as water from a cats bowl, pond water from a
garden, bath water, seawater from various places. There seemed to be a section
on different holy waters.
I think the idea
was to highlight water both as a scarce resource as well as its importance to
us both physically and emotionally. However I came out thinking what a nice
idea but not really caring!
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Guardian
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