Keepers of the Waters Lhasa
Collaborative public performances • Lhasa, Tibet • 1996
“Everyone had committed time to do this project and no one knew before what would happen. We were all in the experiment together.”
—Betsy Damon, in her book Water Talks
More about Keepers Lhasa
At the invitation of Tibetan artists, Damon co-directed a series of art events that took place along the Lhasa River in Lhasa, Tibet in 1996. A group of artists from Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Xi’an, Tibet, Switzerland, and the United States came together to raise awareness about water protection through installation and performance artwork.