Everything flows: COSMO installation at MoMA PS1

The »assemblage of ecosystems« purifies 11,000 litres of water in a four-hour cycle, enabling Andrés Jaque to make a political statement by addressing a United Nations forecast that most of the world's population will lack sufficient fresh water by 2025. The installation – an architectural structure-cum- temporary urban landscape – provides an interesting backdrop for MoMA PS1's Warm Up summer music series. Glowing light diodes indicate whenever a new water purification cycle begins, making COSMO the focus of every event.  

On the grounds of the MoMa PS1 exhibition space in New York, Andrés Jaque and his Office for Political Innovation are bringing an issue to the attention of the public with COSMO, a statement and stage set in one that is the winner of the art institution's 2015 Young Architects Program. Made up of colourful elements taken from various irrigation systems, it refers to the invisible and often forgotten piping that makes life viable in a city.

Architect: Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation
Location: PS1 Contemporary Art Center, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Queens, NY 11101, USA
Duration: until September 6, 2015

The »assemblage of ecosystems« purifies 11,000 litres of water in a four-hour cycle, enabling Andrés Jaque to make a political statement by addressing a United Nations forecast that most of the world's population will lack sufficient fresh water by 2025. The installation – an architectural structure-cum- temporary urban landscape – provides an interesting backdrop for MoMA PS1's Warm Up summer music series. Glowing light diodes indicate whenever a new water purification cycle begins, making COSMO the focus of every event.   

Further information Young Architects Program
Andrés Jaque Architects
Office for Political Innovation