Category Archives: 2011
Women as Global Leaders
Elizabeth Monoian (co-founder, LAGI) will be speaking at the 2012 Women as Global Leaders Conference. She’ll be presenting the Land Art Generator Initiative there on Wednesday, March 14, at 3:45PM.
Conservation Magazine
Powered By Art Renewable Energy Can Be Beautiful by Lindsey Doermann Featuring Windstalk by Darío Núñez-Ameni and Thomas Siegl (Atelier dna), Light Sanctuary by Martina Decker and Peter Yeadon (Decker Yeadon LLC), and FERN by Takuya Onishi (Launchpad05).
ENERGIE.BÜNDEL
Energie beflügelt Designer-Phantasien Publication by BS | Energy by Romana Ringel click on thumbnail image to view larger
National Geographic Explorers | Take Action
See the project post about the Land Art Generator Initiative and TAKE ACTION! Renewable Energy Can Be Beautiful—Expanding Public Awareness Through Art
TEDx Pittsburgh (video)
Video from our presentation at TEDx Pittsburgh. Thanks to Leadership Pittsburgh for organizing this wonderful event.
International Energy Agency
The latest publication by the International Energy Agency, Solar Energy Perspectives, is now available for purchase. We are very honored that in Chapter 11 (Testing the Limits; Footprint of Solar Electricity;pg 209) our graphic on the surface area required to … Continue reading
Treehugger
Powered by Public Art: 10 Stunning “Aesthetic Power Plants” for Abu Dhabi and Dubai By Jennifer Hattam A really nice overview of the 2010 competition as a teaser of what is to come from the ideas competition for Freshkills Park, … Continue reading
TEDx Pittsburgh
Presenters at TEDx Pittsburgh, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, November 19 and 20. Organized by Leadership Pittsburgh See the talk here >
Energie Sensibili
Land Art: rinnovabile è bello Al Freshkills Park di New York il concorso che premia l’energia green coniugata all’estetica by Viviana Spinella
ISEA 2011 Istanbul
The Land Art Generator Initiative was presented at the 2011 International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA) in Istanbul. Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry (LAGI Co-founders) presented a paper, “New Aesthetic Energy Infrastructure and the Land Art Generator Initiative” in the … Continue reading
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
A Beautiful Renewable Energy Generator by Marion Hart
AIA San Francisco Committee on the Environment
We’ll be speaking at the last International Series Panel of the season: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 6pm 130 Sutter Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco Here is a link for more information.
Masdar Times
See page 10 for an article about LAGI in the Masdar Times Newsletter: Art Meets Science (PDF 4MB)
Abu Dhabi Week
The Land Art Generator Initiative – June 2011 This is the video that is playing currently on Etihad Airlines in-flight entertainment. Land Art Generator Initiative – June 2011 from John Sammon on Vimeo.
American Institute of Architects, Middle East Chapter
We will be presenting the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI): Renewable Energy Infrastructure and Public Space. The presentation will take place at Al-Mamoura Auditorium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday 14 June 2011 at 19.00 sharp. A big thank you to … Continue reading
Inhabitat
NYC’s Freshkills Park Chosen as Site of 2012 Land Art Generator Initiative by Jessica Dailey
Press Release
Clean Energy and Public Art Design Competition to be held for Freshkills Park, Staten Island (New York City/May 24, 2011) The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) announced today that, in partnership with New York City’s Department of Parks & Recreation, … Continue reading
Etihad Airways
Video segment about the Land Art Generator Initiative showing during the month of June In-flight entertainment on Etihad Airways
Inhabitat
Solar-Powered Plastikoleum Tower Recycles Plastic Back into 900 Barrels of Oil a Day by Tafline Laylin
Interiors UAE
We spoke at Interiors UAE on May 9 and presented LAGI, our positive impact design work at Studied Impact, and an overview of the International Living Building Institute’s Living Building Challenge. A great article about the event appeared on Green … Continue reading
Masdar Market Day! April 29th
We’ll be participating in the Masdar City Market Day on April 29th. The event is free and open to the public. Stop by between 10am and 5pm on the 29th of April and see the Masdar Institute of Science and … Continue reading
Zayed University Supports LAGI 2012
We are very pleased to announce that Zayed University has awarded Elizabeth Monoian (Principal and Co-founder of LAGI) the Provost’s Research Fellowship for her work on LAGI. Please see our post on the LAGI blog for more information.
MENAlab 2011: Cutting Through the City
Elizabeth and I will be running Lab #2 for the amazing MENAlab2011. Hope to see you there! Registration is open. Send an email to info@tasmena.net to sign up. We’ll be exploring Art Outside the Gallery for Site Specific Interventions, very … Continue reading
Artsource
Artsource April Newsletter (PDF – see pages 9-11 for article about LAGI) Please see Artsource’s homepage for more information about this amazing institution representing and providing critical support for visual artists.
Earth Techling
US And UAE Collaborate On Solar Tech by Caleb Denison (we’re a side note in this article, but its great context regarding collaborative efforts between US and UAE)
Evolo
The Lunar Cubit: A 1.74 KW generating art installation outside Masdar City, UAE By Dennis Lynch
gb&d Green Building & Design Magazine
Global Competition Champions Green Energy January Issue (Page 19)
MSNBC / Discovery News
Then a light bulb went off — solar-powered art! By Amy Dusto news.discovery.com link
