Gallery: *Surface Tension'*s Watery Art Will Hit You Like a Rogue Wave

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    *Ralph Borland's* The Problem With PlayPump *documents the difference in perceptions about needs held by those in industrialized and developing nations.*
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    *In Hal Watts'* Bottled Waste, *the audience is encouraged to see just how much more energy goes into a liter of bottled water than a liter of tap water by pumping it themselves.*
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    *David Bowen's* Tele-Present Water *is a mechanical grid whose motion is stimulated by the movement of swells somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.*
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    *EFTEQ's* The Prepaid Water Meter *is an example of a water-management device from South Africa that only allows a minimal amount of free water to poor residents, showing the intersection of water as human right and as commodity.*
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    *In Matthew Costello's* Hidden, *the artist explores the virtual water present in manufactured goods, with the size of each bottle proportionate to how much water it takes to make the stopper at the top. (The stoppers are made of different materials.)*
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    *Part of a bigger project to bring more durable water pumps to rural Uganda,* Water Wear, *by Brian Concoran, Andrew Clarke and Lar Boland, shows visitors how to operate a pump and feel the physical effort pumping takes.*
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    *For* Urban Water Needs: Can We Keep Up, *Matthew Laws and Hal Watts designed a world map made of layered sponges, then poured water on each country proportional to its expected water use in 2030.*
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    *Olivia Decaris'* Pouch *is an inventive and malleable carafe that works like a cow's udder when attached to a faucet, inviting the user to more carefully consider their water usage. It's one of many water-themed art exhibits at* Surface Tension: The Future of Water *in New York City.*
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    *Shown here at its original home in Dublin, Ireland, Julius Popp's* Bit.Fall *prints water into cascading words that are generated from a live feed of news around the internet.*
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    *In Petroc Sesti's* Event Horizon, *a perpetual whirlpool is suspended in a bell jar.*
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