Projects tagged
Environment
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MTA Posters- Gas Test
Read more: MTA Posters- Gas TestWhat would a chemical attack on NYC look like? How would poisonous gases spread, through the lines of the subway and above ground? These are some of the questions the NYPD and a team of researchers hope to answer this…
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Speculative Fiction: Global Warming to the Extreme
Read more: Speculative Fiction: Global Warming to the ExtremeJosh Keyes is a contemporary artist who takes a “satirical look at the impact urban sprawl has on the environment and surmises, with the aid of scientific slices and core samples, what could happen if we continue to infiltrate and…
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‘What Would Thoreau Do?’ Community Builds Replica of Walden Pond Cabin to Block Pipeline
Read more: ‘What Would Thoreau Do?’ Community Builds Replica of Walden Pond Cabin to Block Pipeline“The authority of government… is still an impure one: to be strictly just, it must have the sanction and consent of the governed.” Inspired by such lines from Henry David Thoreau’s 1849 essay “Civil Disobedience,” a local timber-frame builder in…
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Project Ukko
Read more: Project UkkoAlex King describes Project Ukko in detail for Huck Magazine (March 17, 2016): “Moritz Stefaner’s Project Ukko turns climate and wind data into an immersive art installation that allows viewers to explore the future of the planet.” “We live in…
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Tiny House Rural Studio
Read more: Tiny House Rural StudioRural Studio’s $20K House has such innovative design that it’s changing the entire housing system—from mortgages to zoning laws. For over a decade, architecture students at Rural Studio, Auburn University's design-build program in a tiny town in West Alabama, have…
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Street Art Project Uses Building Facades to Spread the Word About 314 Endangered Bird Species
Read more: Street Art Project Uses Building Facades to Spread the Word About 314 Endangered Bird SpeciesIn a visually captivating public art venture, the Audonon Mural Project seeks to raise awareness for species of birds threatened by climate change in a rather unconventional way—street art. A collaboration between the National Audubon Society and Gitler &_____ Gallery,…
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Waterpod Project
Read more: Waterpod ProjectWaterpod™ was a floating, sculptural, eco-habitat designed for the rising tides. It launched in the summer of 2009, navigate down the East River, explore the waters of New York Harbor, and docked at several Manhattan piers on the Hudson River…
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Brandalism: Street Artists’ 600 Ad Takeovers in Paris Protest the COP21 Climate Conference
Read more: Brandalism: Street Artists’ 600 Ad Takeovers in Paris Protest the COP21 Climate ConferenceIn a massive act of ‘brand vandalism’ just two days before the launch of the UN COP21 Climate Conference, 600 anti-advertisement posters have been installed in outdoor media spaces throughout the streets of Paris. The posters display artwork from over…
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Wind Trees in Paris
Read more: Wind Trees in ParisTraditional wind turbines may require vertical shafts higher than 40m and spinning blades over 50m long in order to capture wind energy efficiently. While these devices are some of the best at capturing clean energy, their height and shape put…
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Gota D’Agua
Read more: Gota D’AguaA site-specific art intervention intended as a call to action in response to Brazil’s water crisis. Strategically planned to coincide with UN World Water Day, Gota D’Agua gathered onlookers around an abandoned Olympic size swimming pool at the foot of…