Cesme

026

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

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