International Launch of the Digital Exhibition IRW – Exploring Memories of our Relationships to Water
A project of the Global Network of Water Museums supported by the Living Waters Museum (India)
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This webinar was held during the launch of the “I Remember Water” Digital Exhibition on May 18th, the International Museum Day, and focused on “Exploring Memories of our Relationship with Water”.
The Worldwide Exhibition “I Remember Water” collects and displays, on a dedicated website, several images that show ‘the power of water memories’. 462 images and documents granted by 60 among institutions, artists, and individuals affiliated to the Global Network of Water Museums (WAMU-NET) offer an unpublished taster of the different ‘water worlds’ and aquatic memories that are exhibited by WAMU-NET partners which are in the front line to promote water sustainability education daily.
The exhibition has been organized by a curatorial team in six different sections: Life, Play, Heritage, Spiritual, Belonging, and Transformations. From the ornate public fountains and household taps that in the last century provided free water to citizens in growing urban settlements to the impacts of climate change and our emotional relationships with water – all collected images illustrate from different perspectives the rich diversity and the striking affinities of humankind’s connections with water and its unique heritage across the world.
WEBINAR PROGRAMME
MUSICAL INTRODUCTION
SEN Sukrit, Art and outreach coordinator, Living Waters Museum (India)
Live play of ‘Raavi’: Urdu folk song on the Ravi River and related water memories
OPENING REMARKS
MOORS Eddy, Rector of IHE. Delft, The Netherlands, and President of the Global Network of Water Museums
TAROCCO Francesca, Director, THE NEW INSTITUTE Centre for Environmental Humanities (NICHE), Ca’ Foscari University, Italy
STATEMENTS FROM THE CURATORIAL PANEL
PADHIYAR Bhargav – Design lead and founder, Studio IF, Ahmedabad, India
ADAMS Clive – Consultant Curator: Art and Ecology, United Kingdom
AHMED Sara – Living Waters Museum, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune, India
ANDREJASIC WECHSLER Tanja – Our Humanity Matters and designer, NY, USA
Di MATTEO Giovanna – University of Padua, Italy
EULISSE Eriberto – Global Network of Water Museums and Civiltà dell’Acqua International Centre
MESQUITA Mário – Universidade do Porto and Parque Patrimonial das Águas, Portugal
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
FITZPATRICK Michael – Founder, Millenia Music
Live play of Johann Sebastian Bach – a selection of pieces for cello
ROUND TABLE
Yongming Chen and Yumei Emily – National Water Museum of China, Hangzhou, China
Albanes Lorena – OSE Water Museum, Montevideo, Uruguay
Bricchetti Edo – Ecomuseum Martesana, Milan, Italy
Facchi Alberta – National Archaeological Museum of Adria, Italy
Filipe Margarida – Museu da Agua, Lisbon, Portugal
Herrerias Gisela – ‘Agua para siempre!’ Water Museum, Puebla, Mexico
Mikolji Ivan – Green Earth Alliance, USA