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Global Warming Showing Up at MOMA

The Pejovschi exhibit is on the huge wall behind the dramatic sculpture in the foreground.

I went to check out the Richard Serra sculpture exhibit at MOMA the other day, and what to my wondering eyes should appear? An amazing exhibit of line illustrations on a giant wall on the second floor, drawn by Dan Perjovschi. Titled “What Happenend to Us?” the exhibit explores ideas like US Imperialism, the misuse of credit cards, artist-museum relationships, privacy and security, capitalism, and I was glad to see, global warming. Caught in a funny way, all these illustrations made you chuckle a bit, and got you to think, too.

Detail of “What Happened to Us?”

These cool videos explain the Romanian artist’s passion and illustrations:

Part One:

Part 2:

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Sustainable Art Blooms in London

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by Starre Vartan · 06/25/06

Photo by Edmund Sumner

I love it when art and sustainability meet and create something wholly unexpected, something that’s fun, and gets us to think a little differently than we did before. The London Oasis is a flower-shaped sculpture, which, like a real flower, absorbs the sun’s energy (with photovoltaic cells); it’s also powered by a wind turbine and a hydrogen fuel cell. The energy goes to power five pods that you can walk into to get away from the stress and heat of the city. Inside the pods you can enjoy cool, clean air, relaxing sights and sounds.

Rainwater is collected by the petals to irrigate a garden below the flower and the flower puts on a light show at night.

Architect Laurie Chetwood told edie:

“This is all in the knowledge that their enjoyment is not costing the planet as the Oasis is self-sustaining; harnessing and recycling natural resources.”

Can you imagine a whole city filled with such flowers in different shapes and sizes? (Maybe NYC could use this as the basis for installing street-toilets!! Wouldn’t that be nice….)

See more in stories here and edie here. Thanks to Remy C for the link.