Water is Life, 2020/21
Framed ink etched and engraved mirror, 400mm diameter
Courtesy of the Artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane
Photography by Brenton McGeachie
Water is Life, 2020/21
Ink etched and engraved mirror, 300x400mm Oval
Courtesy of the Artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane
Photography by Brenton McGeachie
Water is Life
(Series of 5 circles and 5 ovals)
Water is Life
Water is Sacred
Our people have many many names for water, we understand its complexity and its sovereignty.
Across the ocean in the east from here, in Aotearoa the government was the first in the world to grant legal personhood to the Whanganui River. The River Ganges and its longest tributary, the Yamuna in India’s northern Uttarakhand along with the Rio Atrato in Colombia are also granted human rights.
Water is fast becoming at risk of becoming a commodity over which property rights are increasingly exercised and traded in the same way that natural resources such as gold and oil are traded on the global stock exchange.
Water is Life, not a commodity.
EXHIBITION HISTORY:
Unbroken Connections 2021, Canberra Glassworks as part of Artist Residency program.
Bayside Gallery 2024, Brighton Victoria. Jun 29 - 25 Aug.
