“In Madrid, in less than 30 years, more than 50% of the public fountains in service have been lost, which now are seen to be dismantled, broken, without a tap to drink from or simply dry.
It makes us very angry that in order to drink in a public place we have to buy a bottle of water in a kiosk or go into a bar, not to mention the fun the children playing in the parks and squares are being deprived of. In Madrid, to find a fountain, you have to walk more than 5 kms.
To criticize the indifference of the administration in regards to a necessary public service, even more so in a city as warm as Madrid, we carried out an action called ‘Drinking Water Running Through the Streets’.”Get to know more about the artists, and their other projects at www.luzinterruptus.com.
(via brutalism3)
