Adam Frelin

Hijacked Drinking Fountain

drinking fountain, plastic hosing, pump, buckets, piping
installation views
2000

A second floor drinking fountain was made to continually overflow. The water flowed onto the floor and down into a drain. Under the drain a bucket had been placed to catch the water. It was then lead down a long pipe, and through a series of short pipes and funnels to be lead into the back storage room of the gallery. It passed through a second wall, into a second storage room. It briefly entered the 4000 square foot gallery that was empty except for a small, discrete white pipe and funnel that lead the water back outside, down another long pipe, and into a bucket. The pump in the bucket moved it back up into the hijacked drinking fountain.