Cesme
Organised distribution of free drinking water in the centre of Tirana.
Initiator(s)
Matei Bejenaru
Description
The project consisted in a public intervention in the city centre of Tirana, in front of Enver Hoxa Monument, realised to distribute free drinking water by temporary using the city water main during the Tirana Biennial. The project started from the fact that a large number of the population in Tirana did not have access to drinking water.
Goals
Offer a public service within the context of one of the most iconic symbols of the communist state.
Beneficial outcomes
The inhabitants had free access to drinking water during the Biennial.
Location
Albania
Users
the artist, inhabitants of Alexander cel Bun.
Maintained by
Tirana 2 Biennial
Duration
2003
Category
Scientific
Pedagogical
Politics
Urban Development
Economy
Environment
Social