NYAB Event - “Thirst” Exhibition

“Thirst” Exhibition

Proteus Gowanus

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Proteus Gowanus presents THIRST, the third investigatory adventure of our yearlong exploration of WATER. THIRST is a participatory curatorial project exploring thirsty materials, plants, animals and people. In order to reveal the complex forces shaping our physical need and psychological desire for water, Proteus Gowanus will be transformed into a living research laboratory, a new iteration of our Zone A Workshop series.

From World Water Day to the brink of Earth Day 2014, ThirstLab will feature an evolving installation, an open archive and a series of hands-on workshops that highlight the politics and pleasures surrounding Brooklyn’s waters, actively linking events in the past to our present conditions. This public platform brings together multidisciplinary artists, designers, students, scholars, chefs, filmmakers, writers, farmers, DIY makers, political activists, musicians, entrepreneurs, water sports enthusiasts and curious audience members to exchange different forms of knowledge, cultivate practical skills and share personal stories related to our use—and abuse–of local aquatic resources.

Workshops will teach water-based crafts of felting and dyeing with locally sourced plants, explore the challenges of water purification and fresh water access, investigate the popularity of hydroponic farming and small-scale craft liquor production, and demonstrate the capacity of water to act as a healing force, as seen through the eyes of eco-scientists, fly fishing anglers and surfers. Thirsts by their very nature must be quenched, but how this occurs, and the implications of those actions, will be the focus of collective inquiry within Thirstlab.

Project Curators:
Lydia Matthews + Current Collective

Project Participants:
Hope Ginsburg + Sponge HQ, Laura Sansone, Chris Lovrich + Alex Wenner (Brooklyn Homebrew), Peter Walsh, Alex Prud’homme, Michael Cirino (A Razor A Shiny Knife), Mary Mattingly, Windowfarms, Bhawani Venkataraman, Viraj Puri (Gotham Greens), Brad Estabrooke (Breukelen Distilling Company), Cleo Woelfle-Erskine + July Cole (Water Underground), Lexy Lovell + Michael Uys (Out of the Blue Productions), Cliff Skudins (Surf For All), Lena Roca (Yoga on the Rocks), Tamar Franklin + Andy Rogers (Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing), Jeremy Olson + Aaron Cooper + Barbara Compagnoni + Juan Pablo Pemberty + Veronica Uribe (Current Collective)

[Image: Jaime Ramiro Diaz. ‘Bayou Metairie / Drainage Infrastructure.’]

Media

• Installation

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