{"id":1706,"date":"2016-10-05T18:52:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T18:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2016-10-07T15:46:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T15:46:13","slug":"smithsonian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/?p=1706","title":{"rendered":"Smithsonian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smithsonian<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/innovation\/these-wild-sculptures-actually-generate-green-energy-180960668\/\" target=\"_blank\">These Wild Sculptures Actually Generate Green Energy<\/p>\n<p>By Emily Matchar<br \/>\nOctober 5, 2016<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Regatta H2O, as the sculpture is called, is the winner of a contest sponsored by The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI), an organization whose goal is to \u201caccelerate the transition to post-carbon economies by providing models of renewable energy infrastructure that add value to public space, inspire, and educate.\u201d Since 2010, they\u2019ve been hosting a biannual contest for artists to create public art that\u2019s beautiful and generates green energy. Previous years have seen the contest in places like Dubai and Copenhagen; this year\u2019s was held in Santa Monica, California, a part of the world deeply affected by climate change-driven drought.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry, LAGI\u2019s founders, say Regatta H2O, from Tokyo-based designers Christopher Sjoberg and Ryo Saito, stood out above the pack for using the \u201cspecific contextual features\u201d of its Santa Monica Bay site in its design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy addressing the challenge of water infrastructure and recognizing that water and energy are inextricably intertwined, especially in California, the proposal has the potential to serve as a beautiful and consistent reminder of water&#8217;s importance to Santa Monica residents and visitors,\u201d they say, in a statement written to Smithsonian. \u201cThe artwork is also ephemeral. It almost seems to disappear when the conditions are not right for fog harvesting. As a consequence, the artwork does not compete with the natural beauty of the bay and could be a welcome addition to such an historic and cherished landscape.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/innovation\/these-wild-sculptures-actually-generate-green-energy-180960668\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smithsonian These Wild Sculptures Actually Generate Green Energy By Emily Matchar October 5, 2016 Regatta H2O, as the sculpture is called, is the winner of a contest sponsored by The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI), an organization whose goal is to \u201caccelerate the transition to post-carbon economies by providing models of renewable energy infrastructure that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[75,77,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-75","category-press-and-articles-2016","category-smithsonian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1719,"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions\/1719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}