In the context of the exhibition GROWING FREEDOM at Phi Foundation, Yoko Ono invited artists to participate in a water event by requesting to produce with her a water sculpture, by submitting a water container which would form half of the sculpture. Yoko will supply the other half – water.

Yoko asked to make or choose a “thing” (a container) to put water in it for somebody specific in the world you want to give it to for an offering of water, either to change their minds, or appreciate their efforts of trying to change the world for the better or somebody or some group of people in need, desperately, for water (love).

This work is dedicated to Josephine Mandamin, an Anishinaabe grandmother, an environmental activist and the leader of the Water Walk movement and to Water First, an organization working with First Nations communities to solve local water challenges.

Water unites us all, no matter our gender, race, religion or nationality, the same water flows in all of us. Water is alive and must be recognized as a living entity and be treated with dignity and respect. We have a duty and a responsibility to protect it.

Josephine Mandamin (1942-2019)