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'''How many do we need?'''<br>
'''How many do we need?'''<br>
As many as possible!<br><br>
As many as possible!<br><br>
'''Misc Stats'''<br>
Gallon "milk" jugs on string: 5' = 22 jugs<br>
Square (2.5 gal) bottles on conduit: 4' = 10 bottles<br>
1/4" wood drill bit is the easiest for making the correct holes in the water bottles.<br>
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[[Image:Ws-bottles.jpg]]<br><br>
[[Image:Ws-bottles.jpg]]<br><br>

Revision as of 14:23, 27 April 2009

An eco-installation of empty water bottles donated by Burners and evolving/amassing at Burning Man as the week passes by.
Cell Leader: Cherry
Puddle discussion

wa·ter·shed (wô'tər-shěd', wŏt'ər-) Pronunciation Key
n. A critical point that marks a division or a change of course; a turning point: "a watershed in modern American history, a time that ... forever changed American social attitudes" (Robert Reinhold).

Background

  • The piece will "evolve" throughout the week — the 2009 Burning Man theme
  • The piece will be created from waste materials readily available at Burning Man
  • Water and water bottle consumption is a very timely issue for the environment. We can make a statement to participants.
    Furthermore Disorient can show our new water system (reservoir) which reduces/eliminates this waste.
  • The playa itself is a dried up lake bed.
  • The piece has a real community aspect to it and we can hopefully involve many members of camp and people outside of camp in the creation.

19 years ago when the BM festival first moved to BRC there weren't bottles of water like we consume so rapidly today.

We as a society have been sold by Pepsi and Coca Cola that we need to pay for our water when we have the best quality drinking water in the world coming out of our taps! And the true costs of this water doesn't end with the price tag, or the consumed plastic, or the fuel consumed trucking this all around, it ALL adds up.

Here's an award-winning article on this subject: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/117/features-message-in-a-bottle.html

We need to EVOLVE back to our roots away from mindless consumption, starting with water. And if every there's a place where we would expect radical, creative solutions to begin it's at Burning Man.

Solutions: (Reduce)
Fill up a water tank or cooler for your camp
Have your RV serviced with water (believe it or not, it's MORE efficient than carting around/wasting plastic bottles)
Use a reusable portable water container on the playa (no more personal plastic bottles)
And certainly if you must consume, recycle and reuse your waste.

Plastic Bottles Needed

We need 1 gallon and 2.5 gallon water containers - please nothing larger and nothing smaller.

We plan to launch the first phase of this project at the FIGMENT event on Governors Island this summer. Help donate to this cause and turn your art into an eco-art installation.

Where to drop off:
23-23 33rd Road, Astoria/LIC
Please drop off at the basement door.

When to drop off:
You can drop off anytime - 24/7. No need to even ring the bell.

Deadline:
We need these by April 24th

How many do we need?
As many as possible!

Misc Stats
Gallon "milk" jugs on string: 5' = 22 jugs
Square (2.5 gal) bottles on conduit: 4' = 10 bottles
1/4" wood drill bit is the easiest for making the correct holes in the water bottles.

Ws-bottles.jpg

Sketches

For FIGMENT:
FIGMENT TREE.jpg

Early BM Sketches:
WaterShed small.jpg

References

DisorientBottles1.jpg
DisorientBottles2.jpg
DisorientBottles3.jpg
DisorientBottles4.jpg