The Land Art Generator Initiative asks artists and designers to work with renewable energy engineers to develop place-making proposals. Proposals to the Open Competitions are required to deliver mid-scale energy generation in the form of public art. Why is 'working together' so vital right now? It is at the heart of ecoart practices and at the heart of the Land Art Generator Initiative. It is one of the features that distinguishes these practices and programmes. Raising issues of social justice and collaborative practice, this chapter draws on the evaluation of Helen Mayer Harrison (1927-2018) and Newton Harrison (b.1932) Greenhouse Britain: Losing Ground, Gaining Wisdom (2008) as well as the artist group Superflex’s Supergas (1996-97). Rather than using an academic framing (interdisciplinarity) or a social framing (participation) the chapter highlights multiple aspects of ecoart practice in terms of ‘working together’.
Citation
FREMANTLE, C. 2014. Working together. In Monoian, E., Ferry, R. and Land Art Generator Initiative (eds.) New energies: Land Art Generator Initiative, Copenhagen. London: Prestel [online], pages 2-5. Available from: https://landartgenerator.org/newsevents/?p=1216
Online Publication Date
Sep 29, 2014
Publication Date
Sep 29, 2014
Deposit Date
Sep 1, 2016
Publicly Available Date
Sep 1, 2016
Publisher
Prestel
Pages
2-5
Book Title
New energies: Land Art Generator Initiative, Copenhagen
ISBN
9783791353692
Keywords
Renewable energy sources; Infrastructure design; Public art
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
