Conclusion Through sculpture, film, installation, and performance, I capture the impact of water contami- nation on me as a human. I ask questions about the social and political deals regarding water. My work is reminiscent of a floating puzzle or a water network with multiple connections and leaks of experience. Inside them I have positioned a set of hidden clues to be deciphered, encouraging viewers to make asso- ciations and discover the truth about the water they drink. I believe we have a deeply flawed understand- ing of the water-human relationship, sometimes because of ignorance but most frequently because of the avarice of those in power. Those who sell, trade, and deal with it should remember that water can not be owned, and we are allowed only to use it temporarily and return it pristinely clean.
1. The maximum contaminant level goal (MCLG) for lead is zero. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set this level
based on the best available research, which shows there is no safe level of exposure to lead.
2. National Cancer Institute. https://dceg.cancer.gov/research/what-we-study/drinking-water-contaminants.
3. National Center for Biotechnology Information. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3883046
4. 345,000,000 cubic miles.
5. Heavy water is H2O D2O.
6. “No man ever steps in the same river twice. For it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” Heraclitus
7. EPA. https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/basic-information-about-lead-drinking-water#:~:text=E-
PA%20has%20set%20the%20maximum,even%20at%20low%20exposure%20levels.
8. EWG is a U.S.-wide water quality watchdog. https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=MN1110008
9. Suez North America, founded as the Hackensack Water Company in 1869 and later named United Water, is an American
water service company headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey.
10. Lead contamination in Hackensack is 18.4 ppb (1 ppb = 1 microgram/L). The health standard for lead is 0 ppb.
11. Quotation from Luc Montagnier (Nobel Prize 2008) documentary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_teleportation
12. Sonification is the use of non-speech audio to convey information or perceptualize data.
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