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![]() Shai Zakai, "Concrete Creek: Update", detail, 2003 |
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Shai Zakai Concrete Creek A stream is contaminated with concrete due to its proximity to a quarry and concrete factory. The artist-scientists collaboration introduces a new perception, whereby the stream will be ecologically, artistically, socially, botanically, environmentally and hydrologically reclaimed. The contaminators thus become artists, helping clean-out the stream. Via a slow process, environmental awareness is gained. The biotic and a-biotic environments are treated while contemplating issues concerning the nature of reclamation and the possibility of leaving "experiential traces" of this eyesore as reminder for future generations. Combined reclamation allows investment in the stream's surroundings and in human resources. The artworks are intended to solve an ecological problem too. No one discipline takes its course for granted as predominant, thus allowing a multi-layered practice of total reclamation, expanding the cycle of environmental responsibility for water sources in general, and those in Israel in particular.
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