Element W
Artists: AR.RY
Genre: Photography
Movement: Contemporary art
Subject: Pristine Water
Artistic Concept
"Element W" examines the subject of elemental water down to the poetic wire.
With an artistic approach to capture the characteristics of pristine water the artist duo AR.RY conducted photographic analyses of the relation between the purity and structure of water. Elemental water of natural brooks and springs, kept pristine from development, would strike the artists with much more harmonic or beautiful patterns than water in a less natural environment.
The artist collective developed a technique to make a certain structure of the water visible by developing and applying a special photographical procedure and filtering technology. Using this process of abstraction allowed AR.RY to permit a perspective on the landscape of elemental water that is not visible to the naked human eye.
Comparable to an ephemeral atlas the series covers hill springs, natural brooks, and natural fountains revealing their unique and fascinating structure, flow, and colors in twenty-three photographs.
Water is like the native language of earth, the fabric that connects everything with everything and everyone, including every single living soul on earth. A universal understanding of water is associated with purity. It imbues the promise of nourishment and health.
Diving deeper into the investigation of pristine water the artist duo pondered upon the tangled web of connections water weaves. Hence, their exploration of water became also an exploration of a whole conglomerate of the most life defining concepts that go along with water: the concept of time, the concept of memory, the concept of flow, the concept of change as well as the concept of the collective. AR.RY weaves this conglomerate into the fabric of nine poems—one for each fountain, brook, or well—which go along with the visual artworks. The poems describe their personal connection and experience with each source of water. The writings will be publish in an upcoming book accompanying the photographic water portraits.
The series also raises the awareness that nowadays pristine water has the notion of a dying species. The artist duo started the project in 2015 and some of the fountains and brooks don’t exist any longer due to pollution, deforestation and years-long droughts. Therefore, AR.RY will donate parts of the proceeds to initiatives that work intensely to preserve and restore our oceans, rivers, lakes, and forests — all connected to the ecosystem of elemental water.
"Element W" will be sold as a limited edition directly from the artist duo via WERKWAHL. AR.RY carefully selected the best manufacturing partners in the field to print and mount the works. Each artwork comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artists.
— With "Element W" we invite art lovers and collectors to experience the uniqueness and rareness of pristine water. The artworks intent to refresh, rejuvenate, and connect their eyes and spirits with nature every day.
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