{"id":1130,"date":"2010-10-27T09:30:12","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T05:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/blagi\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2010-10-27T09:30:12","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T05:30:12","slug":"static-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/blagi\/archives\/1130","title":{"rendered":"Static Motion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sherri J. Newman and Jen Earle<\/strong><br \/>\nDesigned for Site #3 in Abu Dhabi, on Airport Road near Masdar City.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/blagi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/sm1.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<small>Design Submission for the 2010 Land Art Generator Initiative Design Competition<\/small><\/p>\n<p><em>Artist&#8217;s descriptive text:<\/em><br \/>\nThe concept for our land art generator is a response to the conditions of its environment. This was accomplished through site movement and patterns, local climate, and cultural geometry. <\/p>\n<p>The viewing platform for the Land Art Generator will take place from the frame of a window, as local Abu Dhabi citizens and tourists circulate around the site. The movement, both by highway and airplane traffic from Abu Dhabi\u2019s International Airport informed the design of the structure with the intention of conveying a sense of motion from within a static object. The subject would view the sculpture from the reference point of a car or airplane window and as the viewer rotates around the object varying perspectives are produced from different angles and in three dimensions. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/blagi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/sm2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Smart textiles are layered over the sculpture as a temperature sensitive skin accomplished by thermochromic dyes. As the ambient air temperature and light intensity change throughout the course of the day, the textile would vary in color and effectively act as both a visual thermometer and indictor of how much solar activity is being collected by the installation, giving a visual tangibility and aesthetic quality to clean energy consumption. Responsive textiles allow for environmental readings that will engage citizens.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/blagi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/sm3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The underlying geometry of the form is based on tangents, utilizing the cultural significance of triangles in Islamic architecture. An organic form emerged from this geometry, by patterning catenary curves around tangent points. Finally, the pattern used to layer soft PVCs onto the textile was inspired by the texture of date fields surrounding the site; evident from aerial views. <\/p>\n<p>The lightweight, tensile design allows for minimal environmental impact, and a chance to present solar energy to a new generation of consumers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/blagi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/sm4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The island,<br \/>\ncarved by the machine,<br \/>\nfluid lines of the outer shell display the dynamic force,<br \/>\nmotion contains the object,<br \/>\nImpenetrable boundary.<\/p>\n<p>Nature maintains the periphery,<br \/>\nContaining from within,<br \/>\nThe vastness of the island.<\/p>\n<p>The object,<br \/>\nEngaging,<br \/>\ncontained at rest,<br \/>\ninvites the subject,<br \/>\ninto motion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/blagi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/staticmotion.pdf\">low-res version PDF of submitted boards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sherri J. 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