Wandering Water: Tears, Teas, and Tides

Join Swale to for the recep­tion of Wan­der­ing Water, and engage by draw­ing, lis­ten­ing, and shed­ding tears with water. There will be tea, an oppor­tu­ni­ty to expe­ri­ence their waste-com­post­ing sys­tem, and a space for atten­dees to have their feet washed.

Wan­der­ing Water brings togeth­er Lau­ren Bön, Bet­sy Damon, and Mary Mat­ting­ly, artists whose prac­tices have long engaged water as mate­r­i­al, sys­tem, and liv­ing rela­tion. Bön inter­venes in land­scapes and infra­struc­ture, redi­rect­ing water toward eco­log­i­cal and civic pos­si­bil­i­ty. Damon reveals water as the foun­da­tion and cre­ative agent of life, work­ing to restore dam­aged water sys­tems. Mat­ting­ly exam­ines how human lives are entan­gled with water, mate­ri­als, and extrac­tive economies. Each works close­ly with com­mu­ni­ties, mod­el­ing water’s vast cre­ative powers.

On view through Octo­ber 25.

Swale is one of the 2026 Gov­er­nors Island Arts Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence.

Getting to Nolan Park

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