access
glassware that confronts people with the global distribution of clean drinking water
year 2022
categories artistic research
Products & Furniturecommissioned by
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from left: Sub Saharan Africa 30%; Europe and Northern America 96%; Western Asia & Northern Africa 79%; Latin America 75%; Central & Southern Asia 62%; World average 74%;
image credit: Francesco Allegretto
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detail of the engraved bottom;
image credit: Francesco Allegretto
Access – water glassware is a set of six drinking glasses. It confronts the people dining, with the global distribution of clean drinking water. Each glass represents a specific region and translates the available percentage of clean water access.
Each glass consists of a base and a cup part, together they make up 100 percent. The transparent part shows the safely accessable drinking water. Whilst the colored base, refers to a limited access of water, the engraved lines on the bottom stand for the unimproved amount in that region. An engraving allocates what region the glass represents.
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concept sketch
“We often take clean and fresh tap-water for granted - maybe we should see it more often in relation to other areas, to cherish it more and use it in a respectful way ”
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glass that represents Central and Southern Asia;
image credit: Francesco Allegretto
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process picture of the glass blowing process;
image credit: Francesco Allegretto
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engraving in the making;
image credit: Francesco Allegretto
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material
mouth blown glass, engraved
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dimension
12 cm x 6,5 cm
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curated by
Elisa Testori
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produced by
Vetreria Simone Cenedese and Eugenio Panizzi
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team
Katharina Mischer, Thomas Traxler, Sophia Stoewer, Florian Semlitsch, Christoph Heidebrecht
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