When we talk about the commons and how these can be shared, what do we think about? Or when someone speaks of creating an autonomous art space, does that just mean creating, curating or funding? Introducing: The Off-Grid Autonomous Water Supply Or because that’s too long, Miss Ogre for short. WHAT IS IT? We want to explore resource commons, and we want to do it by constructing a crowd-built water collection and purifying system. We also want it to function as a social space in The Substation during the month of February – as part of The Co-op (http://www.substation.org/coop/) HOW WILL IT LOOK LIKE? The Water Supply “sculpture” will have two functions: As a working water harvest-filtration system As an object (or a series of objects) that creates a new social space for interaction (at the end of the line, the water can be a fountain, drinking corner, a fish tank etc or even a public shower facility. The system consists of three general sections: Water collection parts Water treatment parts Water usage parts Note: Parts need not be structurally “linear”. The complete system need not be built all at once and can be progressive. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO [...]
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