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ARTWORK OF THE WEEK

Water Towers
Bernd and Hilla Becher

Starting in 1957, Bernd and Hilla Becher travelled throughout Europe and North America taking black-and-white photographs of industrial architecture during a time when few people were interested in such structures.

They organized their photographs into series based exclusively on functional typologies and arranged them into grids or rows, revealing the diverse structural and material variations found within specific kinds of edifices. One of the series included water towers, constructed of similar materials but differing vastly in form.

Read more at Guggenheim.org

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This visual blog presents images and projects related to the WATERSHED+ art program. WATERSHED+ is a public art program hosted by City of Calgary's department of Utilities and Environment Protection.
WATERSHED+ aims to develop awareness and pleasure in the environment, not by changing water management practice, nor developing a uniform visual language, but rather by creating a climate of opportunity for water initiatives to build an emotional connection between people and the watershed.
WATERSHED+ presents a unique approach to public art by embedding artists and artistic practices within UEP core activities, participating as members on infrastructure design teams, contributing to project design, development of events, community education, etc.

You can visit us at: watershedplus.ca

This program was devised by Sans façon (Charles Blanc & Tristan Surtees) with a team composed of Matt Baker, Emlyn Firth, Yan Olivares of Yes Architectes, Eric Laurier and Bert van Duin.

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