Category Archives: Press and Articles
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
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
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
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
A Beautiful Renewable Energy Generator by Marion Hart
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.
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
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
MSNBC / Discovery News
Then a light bulb went off — solar-powered art! By Amy Dusto news.discovery.com link
PLANET Magazine
Lunar Cubit: The Grand Prize Winner of the Land Art Generator Initiative By Jordan Sayle
The National
Article about the first place award winning design from the 2010 competition By Erin Conroy, Feb 6, 2011
Construction Week
Winners of Land Art Generator Initiative Announced by Selina Denman on Jan 25, 2011
Dubai Eye 103.8
The Green Team on Siobhan Live Siobhan talks to Robert Flottemesch, lead artist of the winning LAGI 2010 team: Listen!
The Energy Collective
Renewables Can Be Beautiful: Land Art Design Prized at WFES January 19, 2011 by Helmuth Ziegler
3SAT NANO
Zur Zukunft der Energie Regierungen und Wirtschaft tagen in Abu Dhabi 17.01.2011 Film by Katjusha Films
Press Release
Winning team to receive award from Masdar at World Future Energy Summit (PDF) The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) and Masdar will announce the winner of the 2010 UAE design competition for energy generating public art. The announcement and award … Continue reading