"In Germany, water is not special, you open the tap and it comes out," the artist commented. However, in addition to looking at water in the trips she has made around the world, since she settled in Lanzarote in 1987, she noticed the importance of it. "Water in Lanzarote is very important because of its tradition and also from the point of view of sustainability." Likewise, she pointed out that although technological advances have been made in its production, the island's tradition regarding water cannot be forgotten, such as the maretas or the cisterns.
An ancestral shower in which the water was heated and put into the
container that was on top of the shower head, paintings and photographs by Guttenberger, sculptures by Stefan Schultz, who also devised this project, talks and colloquiums, routes along paths or an invitation to listen to and touch the sounds of water, are some of the activities that those interested in learning about "Como agua" will be able to enjoy from December 4. A team of 12 people has worked on this project and has also had several collaborators.
The Social Work of the Caja de Canarias has contributed 30,000 euros to this project, which began to be conceived in 2005. Juan Carlos Santana, head of the banking entity's area, explained that this project aims to call for ancestral culture and raise public awareness of the high value of water.
