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Yuko Mohri has little interest in such packaged and standardized encounters, instead choosing to appreciate water as an unstable and unruly material. Leaks and floods of any sort, after all, are usually not good news and that is certainly the case in the cities where she has exhibited or soon will, including Venice, where she is participating in next year’s Biennale. “Moré Moré (Leaky),” 2015–, the artist’s ongoing series of kinetic works, offers multisensory enjoyments, often striking playful and absurdist notes that nonetheless can create a profound sense of unease and uncertainty. Envisioned by the artist as an individual ecosystem, each version of the project has a hands-on intimacy, always in dialogue with the acoustic and spatial features of its venue. Mohri’s process-based practice has lately been focused on framing water as a constantly evolving problem that requires a series of adaptive activities on her part while installing and composing works on-site. The res
November 10, 2022 A panel of curators and artists discussed the relationship between art, ESG, and SDGs and how art can help make a difference in social issues.