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On the first of November 2011, the deputy of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Yasuhiro Sonoda drank a glass of water taken from reactors 5 and 6 of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. The act was committed in front of the inhabitants of a packed press room, with journalists from all over the world ready to immortalize the scenic act. It was truly a performance, with many empty glasses raised at the conclusion of the undertaking. Like Drinking a Glass of Water reflects on the sense of mystification that this gesture brings with it and works on two levels of interaction, the first, directed towards the viewer, and the second, that of the radioactive values arriving in real-time from the site of Fukushima.

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Yasuhiro Sonoda, a cabinet office parliamentary secretary, drinks a water taken from a radioactive puddle from the tsunami crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during a news conference at the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) headquarters in Tokyo, in this photo taken by Kyodo on October 31, 2011. He drank the water, taken from the basements of the No. 5 and No.6 reactor buildings, after a reporter asked him to do so to prove it is safe, Kyodo news reports. Picture taken October 31, 2011. Mandatory Credit REUTERS/Kyodo (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN

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