WHILE YOU'RE SLEEPING 2007
A single, constant jet of water was released 95ft vertically into the air from a busy sidewalk on Manhattan Island, New York. NYC lives and breathes 24/7, a living entity of its' own, separate from the human beings who inhabit it. The artwork is a visual metaphor for the cities' own blood flow. The water appears to be rupturing from under the surface of the street, but is actually taken from a hydrant pulled through a pump and released up into the air.
To the public audience the enormous jet started conversation in both a physical and metaphysical sense. It raised unavoidable discussions concerning each individual person's reaction to how we socially use water and how this intern affects the structural usuage of resources in NYC. Responses varied from exhilaration, boredom and panic to total verbal abuse. |
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