The installation entails a large scale physical diagram that shows
the role our bodies play in the water cycle. At the entrance, visitors
are invited to sit down on a toilet facing a water fountain, as
if to drink while peeing. Their bodies close a physical loop between
tubing that forms a circle around the installation - beginning at
the toilet and ending at the water fountain. In between, the tubes
pass through 2 functioning aquariums, a biochemical reaction mechanism,
and a plant that is fertilized by the reaction's byproducts. The
reaction illustrates the extraction from urine of nutrients that
are harmful to aquatic ecosystems for use as a local fertilizer.
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