Gas-for-Water addresses petroleum's value through trade. The project began in Lake Mead, Nevada during the Southwest's recent drought. It imagines the plight of “meadmaids,” whose livelihood is dependent on the lake, formed in 1936 when the Hoover Dam was completed. Set in a dystopian future where gas is plentiful but water is scarce, the meadmaids exchange one for the other as they journey back to the lake and replenish its holdings. The exchange is choreographed, the score of which is displayed, along with a hand-drawn map of oil extraction sites in the LA region.
Made in collaboration with Susanna Battin.
Exhibition, performance and publication as part of Anatomy of Oil, 2019 at Gas Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Gas-for-Water score, published in Gas Gallery Zine #4 Anatomy of Oil along with a reprinting of the origin story of the meadmaids written in 2014
Gas-for-Water, performance at Gas Gallery and Odd Ark LA, 2018
GAS-FOR-WATER Bottle, edition of 100, 12 oz, 5″ x 7 1/2″, $10 (+ Shipping and Sales Tax)