NO WATER Installation


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NO WATER by Peter Gorny
“NO WATER” by AP Gorny

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“NO WATER” by AP Gorny is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

Terms of Use: This image is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic License. For use by individuals and organizations to build public awareness of the water crisis in the West. No commercial use. It can be shared but credit must be given to AP Gorny. 

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NO WATER Installation

On February 15, 2022,  Tucson artist Ellen Benjoya Skotheim and New York artist Anthony Peter Gorny created and installed a neon sign bearing the words “NO WATER” in the bed of the dry Rillito River in Tucson, Arizona.   This installation is intended to draw much needed public attention to the ongoing Mega Drought, the longest and most severe drought in the western United States and Northern Mexico in at least 1200 years.  A study published in the journal “Nature Climate Change” concluded that human-caused climate change significantly contributes to the Mega Drought.

“NO WATER” is the latest installation of the Rillito River Project which fuses art and science to create ephemeral environmental installations and performance art events that call attention to the ongoing water crisis and climate change in the West which portend serious negative consequences to the quality of life of all people and animals living in the West.  Ellen Benjoya Skotheim is the founder and Creative Director of the Rillito River Project.