Water in the city

Research into water as motif of city iconography is undertaken against the background of radical changes in the material function of water that has become apparent in the canal systems and the tap water system that houses are fitted with. A shift too occurs in how water is judged: water is thought to breed diseases and as a consequence waterways get vaulted. However, water is still a principal motif in poetry and is a key aesthetic element in the layout and planning of parks. As part of the research project on the iconography of water in cities a photographer is commissioned to put on record, over a period of six months, the contemporary urban developments in Maastricht and surroundings.