Opening Reception: Bottled V.2
February 17, 2010 @ 10am

JCM @ the Columbus Windows: Sculpture Satellite
The Mack-Cali building windows located at
Christopher Columbus Drive between Washington and Greene Streets
Jersey City, NJ 07302

You are invited to the unveiling of Bottled V.2.! Jersey City Museum, Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development, Liberty State Park’s Interpretive Center, and the school children and residents of Jersey City have helped create this installation transforming the Columbus Windows the Mack-Cali building.

Conceived by artist Pollie Barden, Bottled V.2. is made up of more than 2,000 discarded water bottles collected from school waste receptacles, the beachfront along the Hackensack and Hudson Rivers, city streets and neighborhood parks. Barden and Jersey City Museum have collaborated with more than 1,000 students from the Learning Community Charter School, M.S. Number 4, P.S. Number 8, P.S. Number 23, and the Ethical Community Charter School to collect these bottles.

Follow it all on twitter @bottledproject

I am so honor to be sponsored by Scrapcycle for 2008. They chose Bottled V.2 as the project to support. Bring two water bottles to their Scrapcycle events for admission. Learn more about Scrapcycle here.

Photo by Christine Decruz

Join Us for the Artist Talk and Closing Reception
April 12th 4-9pm
227 Coles Street, Jersey City, NJ 07310
Directions

Bottled on display at Mana Fine Arts as part of the WWII exhibition.
See the process

WWIII
March 14 – April 12 2008
Artist Talk and Closing– April 12th 4-9pm
Opening Reception– March 14th 6-9 pm [flickr pix]

Mana Fine Arts Exhibition Space
Gallery Hours M-F 10-6 pm or by appointment
227 Coles Street, Jersey City, NJ 07310
(800) 330-9659

Directions:

• From Newport Path Station
• From Grove Street Path Station
• From Lincoln Tunnel
• From Holland Tunnel

Bottled v1 developed in the Wonder Woman Residency. The installation is design with 1095 recycled water bottles.

In 1995, World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin said, “the wars of the next century will be fought over water”

Why do I buy a bottle of water at 10000x the price of the water that runs freely from my tap?

I am interested in small actions that create bigger impacts. I am one of sheep who is choosing to make water a commodity by buying it a pretty package. The water bottled symbolizes the absurd pursue to achieve nature’s “purity” through technology.

Only 2 out of every 10 water bottles are recycled. Americans drink approximately 26 billion liters a year.

The sculpture is a low-resolution landscape motif created out of 1095 recycled water bottles. The highlight section approximates the amount of bottles that would be recycled. The rest of the bottles each represent 3x as much water trapped in packaging then the liquid it held.

“What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.”
- Margaret Mead