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For Mags Harries and Lajos Héder, water becomes a sculptural medium capable of visual alchemy: transforming space; galvanizing memory; and prompting consideration of its sustainability as a resource. Harries and Héder’s installation Waterways at the Foster Gallery combines the projection piece "The River;” a video piece with ball and net; and "Winding Down the Charles River," a giant, 550-pound ball of string the length of the Charles. While these three works reflect the fluidity and power of water, "Displacement 2050," a massive block of ice melting slowly over the course of the installation, forces viewers to confront the mutability of water and the larger ramifications of global warming.
 | The River
Materials: C-clamps, ladder, water, pump,
aircraft wire, and hose
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The Foster Gallery is located on the campus of Noble and Greenough School, situated on a 187-acre campus bounded on one end by the Charles River. The emphasis on the relationship between site and water, and between the community and water, brings a sharpened focus to an integral component of the local landscape. In addition to the installation, the artists collaborated with a group of students to design and build a vessel from recyclable materials capable of floating down the Charles.
Harries and Héder create installations and objects in public spaces that address aspects of community, environment, history and memory. The artists work in a wide variety of locations including parks, zoos, museums, libraries, streets, plazas and public buildings. Harries is a trained sculptor and a Professor of Sculpture at the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston. Lajos Héder is an architect and urban planner in Cambridge. The two have collaborated on public installations since 1990.
 | Golden Ball being carried into the Bronx River.
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