Return to the Source: New Energy Landscapes from the Land Art Generator Initiative Abu Dhabi

ISBN 10: 379135938X / ISBN 13: 9783791359380

Published by Prestel, 2020

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This book is in Like New condition. It is unused, but has a remainder mark on the edge of the pages. Otherwise it is a new book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Return to the Source: New Energy Landscapes from the Land Art Generator Initiative Abu Dhabi
• Publisher: Prestel
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 379135938X
• ISBN 13: 9783791359380
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: like_new

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Synopsis

Prize-winning public art installations demonstrate how renewable energy can become an extension of human culture.

The Land Art Generator Initiative is one of the world's most exciting design competitions and for its 2019 challenge, entrants from around the world were asked to create a renewable energy-producing artwork for the UAE's Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. The winning designs are profiled in this generously illustrated volume. Each work demonstrates the aesthetic possibilities of renewable energy infrastructures. Capturing energy from nature and then converting it into power, these designs provide more than clean electricity to the city's residents. They also offer space for recreation and contemplation, while challenging our assumptions about ecological systems, resource generation, consumption, energy storage, and climate change solutions. Best of all, they illustrate the possibilities of living well in a post-carbon future.

About the Author

ELIZABETH MONOIAN and ROBERT FERRY are founding co-directors of the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI). Through LAGI they have published, exhibited, and presented globally on renewable energy design and the role of art in providing solutions to climate change.