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Spectacular GIFs of Water Paintings Revealed with Ink Drops

Multifaceted creative Clment Beauvais uses his talents as both an artist and a director to present an original new media campaign titled Water & Ink for Solidarits International, a humanitarian NGO dedicated to aiding victims of war or natural disasters. For this specific campaign, created in collaboration with ad agency BDDP Unlimited, Beauvais tackles the subject of unsafe water by using only water and ink to visually exemplify the campaign's message: despite water's colorless and orderless nature, it is a leading silent killer in the world due to people's inaccessibility to clean drinking water.

The short yet powerful video campaign begins with a close-up of Beauvais leaving invisible paths of water. It is only once the artist uses a dropper to trickle beads of ink that the water painting he has drawn is revealed. The ink fills the water and spreads like an electric current, exposing the once visibly untraceable liquid as a black pool, swirling and expanding ominously. The metaphoric purpose of the video campaign is parallel to the ink's interpretive function in the painting, exposing and drawing attention to an invisible threat that affects millions of people every year.

The visually powerful Water & Ink video campaign can be viewed, below.






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Pinar Noorata (she/her) is the Editorial Director at My Modern Met. She is a writer, editor, and content creator based in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her BA in Film and Media Studies from CUNY Hunter College. She has worked at major TV, film, and publishing companies as well as other independent media businesses. She also runs her own art & culture newsletter called The High Low. She first joined the My Modern Met team in 2011 as a Contributing Writer, pitching and publishing articles about a wide range of topics. Her expertise in visual media lends itself to in-depth analysis of varied art forms, including but not limited to painting, illustration, sculpture, installation, design, and photography. Pinar has a particular affinity for spotlighting up-and-coming artists, affording them a platform and offering a voice to lesser-heard individuals looking to break through, especially BIPOC creatives. She has helped multiple artists make a name for themselves and reach a wider audience over 10+ years as a writer and editor (both through long-form articles and short-form videos). When she isn’t writing, editing, or creating videos herself, Pinar enjoys watching films and TV, reading, crafting, drawing, frequenting museums and galleries, and volunteering at her local animal shelter.
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