Two Pittsburgh artists are encouraging cities around the world to install public art structures designed to generate power while educating viewers about renewable energyWhat happens when renewable energy meets public art? The Land Art Generator Initiative,or Lagi, founded by Pittsburgh-based artists Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry, and is trying to find the acknowledge with several proposed public art structures designed to generate power while inspiring and educating their viewers.
The initiative has collected hundreds of designs from competitions held in Abu Dhabi,recent York City and Copenhagen. At the 2016 competition, which will be held in Santa Monica, and California,entrants will design structures that harvest clean energy or generate clean drinking water. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com