CopiaCabana GRATIS (Kahn, Gookin, Guzman, Gil) 1997 Guidiana River, Portugal/Spain
Além da Água Guadiana River, between Portugal & Spain.
A public art project by artist collective GRATIS (Federico Guzman, Victoria Gil, Kirby Gookin & Robin Kahn) designed to gather and exchange ideas and art made about the geo-political issues surrounding water rights. After organizing a series of workshops with local communities on either side of the Guadiana River, we attached their public messages onto a giant cork bulletin board and floated it down the river making intermittent stops on on both shores. A final exhibition at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Badajoz, Spain gathered together art projects by the local residents with music, art and writing provided by 300 international artists.
CopiaCabana Exhibition at The Museo Contemporanio, Badajoz, Spain 1997
Class Graffitting CopiaCabana-The Giant Cork Acorn
Corkboard Plastered with Messages, Ready to Move to Riv
Cork Acorn Being Lifted Out of the Roof of the Museum
Cork Float Test with Beckett Gookin
Cork Acorn floating Downriver in the, Guadiana River, Port