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| View of Our Charles River |
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The Foster Gallery at
Noble and Greenough School,
Dedham, MA 2007 |
| Client: | Noble and Greenough School |
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| Waterways highlighted the relationship between the students of Noble and Greenough and the Charles River, located next to the school. The show explored connections between people, water, and rivers by bringing together three previous works (River, Winding Down the Charles, and the Bronx River Golden Ball) and two new works (Our Charles River and Displacement 2050). |
| Our Charles River was created with the help of over fifty students from the school. Each student used Google Earth to pinpoint where they live in relation to the Charles River. These maps were mounted onto house-shaped panels with a specific memory of the river from the student on the reverse side of the panel. The panels, along with photographs and water and rocks that the students collected from the river, were all displayed on a wall sized map of the river. |
Detail of Our Charles River
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Winding Down the Charles string
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| This 550 lb. ball of string, now mounted onto a cart, is an artifact of Winding Down the Charles from the Cambridge River Festival. During the festival, people of the community helped wind 78.4 miles of string, the length of Charles River, into this ball, tying in notes with memories and reflections on the river |
| Displacement 2050 responds to the global warming crisis. An ice block measuring 42 x 20 x 11 inches slowly melts into a plastic bladder. When the block has totally melted, the bladder seems ready to burst, suggesting the rising water levels that threaten us as the polar ice caps melt. An image of the ice block remains on the wall to show the displaced volume. |
Displacement 2050
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