Anish Kapoor: "Cloud Gate", sculpture in Chicago's Millennium Park, 2004
Made up of 168 stainless steel plates welded together, its highly polished exterior has no visible seams. It is 33 by 66 by 42 feet (10 by 20 by 13 m), and weighs 110 short tons (100 t; 98 long tons). Said to have been inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture's surface reflects and distorts the city's skyline. Visitors are able to walk around and under Cloud Gate's 12-foot (3.7 m) high arch. On the underside is the "omphalos" (Greek for "navel"), a concave chamber that warps and multiplies reflections. The sculpture builds upon many of Kapoor's artistic themes, and is popular with tourists as a photo-taking opportunity for its unique reflective properties.
Wela (Elisabeth Wierzbicka) - permanent interactive installation "The Whisperers", the Copernicus Science Centre, Dicovery Parc, Warsaw, 2011
Installation "The Whisperers" consists of 16 stainless steel columns put in the middle of the park of discovery. The columns are equipped with sensors and speakers in order to detect visitors and distribute natural sounds such as the whisper of a stream, rain, wind, volcano, etc. People can do real-time sound spatialization on the type of sound and played on the sound effects. The visual and sound installation, compared to contemporary organs, symbolizes a virtual-real time in which we live and transports the viewer to the fourth more spiritual dimension. The installation also shows the paradox of contemporary man desire to approach to nature by artificial means.
Shigeko Hirakawa Nature 13 - Tree of Photosynthesis, The National Art Center, Tokyo, 2009
"The aims of Tree of Photosynthesis visualize the photosynthesis of plants, in which chlorophyll is the catalyst.
"Tree of Photosynthesis" was realized for the first time in autumn 2006, two and a half years following its conception, with full support from the French City of Argenteuil, thanks to their understanding of the importance of the project, and every day the tree was allowed to do its work of reviving photosynthesis. The discs which changed color in reaction to changes in the weather were attractive enough to awaken the curiosity of passersby, who ended up watching them for the two-month duration of the show. It would have been worth this artwork being amongst these people if, by their interest in the plastic discs, they had been brought to an awareness of the daily natural metamorphoses of the tree itself." Sh.H.
Wela (Elisabeth Wierzbicka): “Multiplication” comprises an ensemble of black and white drawings on tubular supports hanging from a plane tree. Installation made for The Street Arts Festival, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, 2006, mixed media
Janet Echelman, She Changes, 2005, Waterfront plaza, Porto and Matosinhos, Portugal, height 50 m X 150 m X 150 meters, Tenara® PTFE architectural fiber, Commission for Praca Cidade Salvador This work is a permanent, monumental public sculpture to use an entirely soft and flexible set of membranes moving fluidly in wind. The work casts cinematic shadow drawings onto the ground further highlighting the “wind choreography.”
Wela (Elisabeth Wierzbicka) - Permanent interactive installation "The Whisperers" for the Copernicus Science Centre* in Warsaw
Installation "The Whisperers" consists of 16 stainless steel columns put in the middle of the park of discovery. The columns are equipped with sensors and speakers in order to detect visitors and distribute natural sounds such as the whisper of a stream, rain, wind, volcano, etc. People can do real-time sound spatialization on the type of sound and played on the sound effects. The visual and sound installation, compared to contemporary organs, symbolizes a virtual-real time in which we live and transports the viewer to the fourth more spiritual dimension. The installation also shows the paradox of contemporary man desire to approach to nature by artificial means.
*The Copernicus Science Centre (in Polish: Centrum Nauki Kopernik) is a science museum standing on the bank of the Vistula River in Warsaw. It contains over 350 interactive exhibits that enable visitors to single-handedly carry out experiments and discover the laws of science for themselves. Many artworks have been installed in and around the Centre. The Centre is the largest institution of its type in Poland and one of the most advanced in Europe.
Wela (Elisabeth Wierzbicka): “Multiplication” comprises an ensemble of black and white drawings on tubular supports hanging from a plane tree. Installation made for The Street Arts Festival, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, 2006, mixed media
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