66.000 biodegradable glasses and 15.000 liters of colored rainwater. If arranged one after the other, they would cover 5,2 km. It is enough, incredible but true, to create a masterpiece that leaves you speechless. It is a giant mosaic, the largest of its kind in the world, created by the artist Belo with the aim of raising awareness of the water resources crisis.
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66.000 biodegradable glasses and 15.000 liters of colored rainwater. If arranged one after the other, they would cover 5,2 km. It is enough, incredible but true, to create a masterpiece that leaves you speechless. It is a giant mosaic, the largest of its kind in the world, created by the artist Belo with the aim of raising awareness about water resources crisis.
Thanks to 100 volunteers and 62 hours of work, it was possible to overcome the double challenge, artistic on the one hand, with all the difficulties related to the materials used for this monumental production, and communicative on the other, to bring the dramatic consequences of the lack of drinking water to the public.
The dye, in fact, was used precisely for simulate impurities and water pollution. "66.000 glasses with as many wishes for a world in which the lack of access to clean water will be a thing of the past," says Belo.
The final result? Find out for yourself, it's amazing:
The union of colored glasses shows us a fetus in the womb, underlining the right to have access to safe, clean and safe drinking water, even before birth, for every living person. Here is the largest rainwater mosaic in the world.
Roberta Ragni
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