watergate

“Die Werft”
Galerie Münsterland e.V.
Emsdetten
2004

Installation in the passageway between two exhibition halls, which have different floor levels so that they are connected by a staircase. An aquarium blocks the passageway that previously connected the two rooms. Coloured green fluorescent water fills the tank to a height of 1.70 metres before it slowly empties again. The filling process takes around two minutes, the emptying process around four minutes, and the entire cycle is repeated continuously.

Plexiglas tank, steel frame, water, fluorescent dye, valve, second tank, hose, electric control
W 120 cm, H 200 cm, D 15 cm

Photos: © Claudia Schmacke