Environmental artist needs your water

Whose Water Are You? at Gallery Bla Stallet Angered in Gothenburg. Photo: Bruce Clark, courtesy of Jeanette Scharing.

An artist is blurring the boundaries between art, craft, science and philosophy by utilising natural materials, colours from nature, water and plants to highlight social and environmental sensitivities.

Tauranga-based Swedish environmental artist Jeannette Scharing's new Whose Water Are You exhibition at Tauranga Art Gallery explores the role of water in our lives.

Having exhibited her piece around the world, Jeanette will gather water samples (stories around the collected water) collected by residents of the Bay of Plenty from various sources such as estuaries, streams, puddles, or the home.

'Jeanette will then apply a natural biochemical process with plant materials and over time the water will change colour, revealing the influence of the surrounding environment, human interaction, light and the warmth,” says Marketing and Media Coordinator Martine Pierhagen.

'The collection and recording of participant's stories about water will also form an insightful part of the project.”

She says if you would like to participate, please bring one or two samples of 500mls to 1L of water, collected from different sources, such as your tap, a puddle, a local stream or from the ocean, to Tauranga Art Gallery in a recyclable watertight container on the dates and times mentioned below.

If you are not sure what type of container to use, a soft-drink bottle is ideal. You are also invited to bring a type written story or memory of up to 300 words, about water and what it means to you.

Shown in hundreds of suspended glass beakers, the water samples will be on display at the Tauranga Art Gallery on the corner of Wharf and Willow Streets, downtown Tauranga, from April 14-July 15.

Bring your water samples to Tauranga Art Gallery at these dates and times:

Wednesday, March 21 - 1.30pm-4pm

Saturday, March 24 - 10am-2pm

Sunday, March 25 - 10am- 2pm

Tuesday, March 27 - 10am- 2pm

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