Shigeko HIRAKAWA 
- Water Footprint
Artist's Regard
April 12 to October 13, 2014
Trévarez Domain, Saint Goazec, Finistère, France

The Water Footprint project is composed of,
  - Installation "Water Footprint"
  - Performances "Follow the Water" (three times during the show)
  - Installation "Water in a Bubble"


Water in a Bubble

"9 water balls on the surface of water, 90-meter-long Hunter's basin, symbolizing fresh water scarcity."

9 spheres of plexiglas, iron structures, water
The Hunter Basin , 80 m long, 10 m large, 1.2 m deep
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9 spheres of plexiglas, iron structures, water
The Hunter Basin , 80 m long, 10 m large, 1.2 m deep



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Installation "Water Footprint"

"We walk barefoot on a cistern containing 55 tons of water : the annual domestic water consumption of an inhabitant in France."

Cistern (55 tons of water, 10 x 6 x 1.3 m), wood, etc.
Dimension of installation : 24.5 x 6 x 2.5 m
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Installation "Water Footprint" 2014    photo: Shigeko Hirakawa




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Go to video ... Installation Water Footprint
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Performances "Follow the Water"

"The Water Footprint of a French inhabitant is about 1800 tons.
The Domain has a 1800-tons-water reservoir.  1800 tons of colored water by fluorescein run through Trévarez, ending to reach at the artificial pond."
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Performance "Follow the Water"
- Festival of Rhododendron, 10 to 11 May,
- Rendezvous in the Gardens, 31 May to 1st June,
- European Heritage Days,20 to 21 September 2014

See Video...
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Green Water in a Bubble

"The water in the Hunter Basin is colored by fluorescein as well aw water in bubbles."
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Photography : Shigeko Hirakawa  April 2014

Go to video... Eau en boule - Part 1
Go to video ... Eau en boule - Part2

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Domain of Trévarez, Finistère, France

Organization of EPCC Chemins du Patrimoine en Finistère

Artist's Regard
EPCC Chemins du patrimoine en Finistère - Domaine de Trévarez
29520 Saint-Goazec
Tel : +33 (0) 2 98 26 82 79
Go to web...Trévarez

Catalog "Shigeko Hirakawa, Regard d'artiste"
Go to web...publisher Bernard Chauveau.
Format, 20 x 25 cm / 60 pages, texts Colette Garraux
Publishing, June 2014
ISBN 9782363061171