Northern Lights.mn » Environmental Installation http://northern.lights.mn Experimenting with art in public places Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:28:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Re-arranging chairs in the LA River http://northern.lights.mn/2010/08/rearranging-deck-chairs-on-the-la-river/ http://northern.lights.mn/2010/08/rearranging-deck-chairs-on-the-la-river/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:25:26 +0000 mediachef http://northern.lights.mn/?p=3483 ]]>

“[Outpost for Contemporary Art] mounted a project titled “This Here and That There,” in which artist Vlatka Horvat continuously rearranged a series of 50 chairs in the [Los Angeles River] over the course of eight hours. The performance took place near Silver Lake, below the Fletcher Bridge in Elysian Valley.”
via Culture Monster

“In some arrangements, the stage seems to be set for many different scenarios: meetings, presentations, discussions, exams, interrogations, concerts, riots… Other chair configurations tends to defy altogether the everyday codes of chair-arrangement in public spaces, suggesting instead more intimate, abstract, or enigmatic encounters.”–Outpost for Contemporary Art

]]> http://northern.lights.mn/2010/08/rearranging-deck-chairs-on-the-la-river/feed/ 0 C02 Cube http://northern.lights.mn/2009/12/c02-cube/ http://northern.lights.mn/2009/12/c02-cube/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:55:44 +0000 mediachef http://northern.lights.mn/?p=2568 Christophe Cornubert, The CO2 Cube in Copenhagen. Credit: Joshua Brott. via Culture Monster[/caption] "In Copenhagen, where the United Nations' summit on global warming is currently underway, artists unveiled on Monday what they are calling 'The CO2 Cube,' a three-story site-specific artwork that was designed by L.A.-based architect Christophe Cornubert." -- David Ng via Culture Monster]]> Christophe Cornubert, The CO2 Cube in Copenhagen. Credit: Joshua Brott. via Culture Monster

Christophe Cornubert, The CO2 Cube in Copenhagen. Credit: Joshua Brott. via Culture Monster

“In Copenhagen, where the United Nations’ summit on global warming is currently underway, artists  unveiled on Monday what they are calling ‘The CO2 Cube,’ a three-story site-specific artwork that was designed by L.A.-based architect Christophe Cornubert.” — David Ng via Culture Monster

CO2 CUBE, Saint Jørgens Lake in front of Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen Artistic concept by Alfio Bonanno Architecture by Christophe Cornubert, PUSH Digital imagery by Obscura Digital. Photo Joshusa Bell

CO2 CUBE, Saint Jørgen's Lake in front of Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen Artistic concept by Alfio Bonanno Architecture by Christophe Cornubert, PUSH Digital imagery by Obscura Digital. Photo Joshusa Brott

via Millennium ART

Who knew the CO2 Cube is created out of shipping containers?

C02 Cube. Image via Obscura Digital via Curbed.

C02 Cube. Image via Obscura Digital via Curbed LA.

“Is there anything shipping containers can’t do? Here they are arranged on a barge in St. Jørgens Lake in Copenhagen to visually represent one metric ton of carbon dioxide stored at standard atmospheric pressure. An average person in an industrialized country puts that amount out monthly.

“[Architect Chrisophe] Cornubert says the message of the shipping containers is deliberate–it calls to mind Copenhagen’s local shipping industry, consumption, and reuse all at once. Two sides of the big cube are covered in a mesh fabric and act as video screens, showing art, news, data visualizations, and other content. Besides all the transportation and construction, the CO2 Cube uses two 20,000 lumen projectors, an audio system, and LED lights.”

via Curbed LA

]]> http://northern.lights.mn/2009/12/c02-cube/feed/ 0 America’s Best Public Art http://northern.lights.mn/2009/08/americas-best-public-art/ http://northern.lights.mn/2009/08/americas-best-public-art/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:45:02 +0000 Peter V http://northern.lights.mn/2009/08/americas-best-public-art/

Forty of the best public art works in the United States, including projects from 32 cities in 15 states, such as Nancy Ann Coyne's Speaking of Home (above), were recognized at the 2009 Americans for the Arts annual convention held in Seattle from June 18–20. The works were chosen from more than 300 entries across the country.

]]> June 20, 2009—Forty of the best public art works in the United States, including projects from 32 cities in 15 states, were recognized at the 2009 Americans for the Arts annual convention held in Seattle from June 18–20. The works were chosen from more than 300 entries across the country. More here or download pdf
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Nancy Ann Coyne, Speaking of Home. IDS-Macy’s skyway over Nicollet Mall, between 7th and 8th Streets in downtown Minneapolis, MN. Co-presented by Forecast Public Art, Family Housing Fund and the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Minnesota. http://www.speakingofhome.org/

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