Drinking the Water Down
2012

Sculpture, Performance



Drinking the Water Down is a series of embodied research tools and the performance of those tools in search of the necessary understanding to recreate the long-lost walk across Buttermilk Channel (in the New York City harbor) from Brooklyn to Governors Island.

Water Walkers simulate the instability of walking on water


Full set of tools exhibited on Governors Island


1000 Foot Measuring Tape
Walking 1200 Feet

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Nancy Nowacek artist is a research-based artist, designer, and educator working in visual art, public art, social practice, and socially-engaged contexts.