{"id":1795,"date":"2011-11-26T21:50:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T02:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/blagi\/?p=1795"},"modified":"2016-01-02T14:22:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T19:22:10","slug":"the-windmill-project-by-patrick-marold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/blagi\/archives\/1795","title":{"rendered":"The Windmill Project by Patrick Marold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/patrickmarold.com\/\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/blagi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Vail-Windmills-Spring.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"patrickmarold.com\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small>Windmill Project. Vail 2007<\/small><\/p>\n<p>We came across this wonderful renewable energy and land art piece that we&#8217;d like to share. It is created by <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickmarold.com\/\">Patrick Marold<\/a> and was originally inspired by his time in Iceland\u2014the vast landscapes and the long winter nights there. He has since installed the project in various site-specific manifestations in Burlington VT and Vail CO. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/patrickmarold.com\/\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/blagi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Windmill-Transport.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"patrickmarold.com\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small>Carrying the Windmills to the site. Iceland 2001<\/small><\/p>\n<p>From Patrick Marold&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickmarold.com\/windmill-project.aspx\" target=\"blank\">website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The WINDMILL PROJECT was developed out my desire to map and watch the wind, harnessing its behaviors. While living in Iceland during the long winter nights, I would install this sculptural tool in the pasture and hills. Iceland&#8217;s abundance of wind and dark hours provided the perfect setting to develop this idea. The most recent Windmill installation in Burlington, Vermont lasted 14 weeks last fall; and the 2007 installation in Vail, Colorado employed as many as 2700 windmills, covering over 15,000 square feet.<\/p>\n<p>The WINDMILL PROJECT involves placing a mass of light generating windmills in specific outdoor locations. The wind forces each windmill to produce a relevant amount of light, in a sense digitizing the wind. This work of art converts the energy of wind into a responsive visual choreography, exhibiting the rhythm of a mechanical process that is collaborating with the harmony and chaos of wind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/patrickmarold.com\/\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/blagi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Hillside-Windmills.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"patrickmarold.com\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small>Windmill Project, Town of Vail, 2007. Viewed from frontage road.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>There is a video of the installation <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickmarold.com\/windmill-project-video.aspx\" target=\"blank\">here<\/a>. At night, the rotating windmills create a flickering effect on the field of lights, almost like a forest of candles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windmill Project. Vail 2007 We came across this wonderful renewable energy and land art piece that we&#8217;d like to share. 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