https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlMYFybnWfs
This is a keynote presented by Olafur Eliasson at a conference held by Zumtobel, and LED lighting solutions and lighting management company. Eliasson talks about how to use light (or other similar ephemeral elements) to encourage participation in a space, while making the space inclusive. He is particularly interested in public space, and how to generate a feeling of connectedness while also allowing singular response and individuality. Eliasson encourages a necessary participation in his art. In one case, he built a large circular walkway on the roof of a museum, with walls made entirely of glass with a rainbow gradation. With this piece, nothing happens if the participant doesn’t interact. If you stand still, the outside world is one color; but as you walk--participate physically with your body--the color of the glass gradually changes.
For my project, I am particularly interested in Eliasson’s ideas on interaction and encouraging an inclusive space. I think that my project will focus on the natural phenomenon of stars, and as such Eliasson’s relationship with light and how he creates feeling using light is also of particular interest to me. Now, I need to think about how I can put myself and my ideas into my project, while also allowing it to remain adaptable to the participant’s point of view. How can I encourage people to establish their own relationship to the stars, as I have in my life? How can my project leave room for individual interpretation and personalization?
https://www.ted.com/talks/natalie_jeremijenko_the_art_of_the_eco_mindshift
This is a TED talk by Natalie Jeremijenko, an artist and engineer who focuses on works to address environmental concerns. Jeremijenko runs what she calls the Environmental Health Clinic. It is similar to a traditional health clinic, except that people come in with concerns about their environment’s health, and are “prescribed” ways in which to address them. Jeremijenko’s goal in this, in addition to improving environmental health, is to redefine what we consider health in the first place. Largely, we believe health to be internal--disease, germs, functionality of our organs, etc. But many of the ailments faced by our society--asthma, developmental delays, obesity and diabetes-related issues--have roots in external forces. The health of our environment effects us just as much as the tiny germs inside of our bodies.
I am particularly interested in how Jeremijenko utilizes technology to adjust our how we relate to our environment. How can we re-script interactions to encourage not just individual action, but action as a collection? How can we make it so that the individual feels that they are a part of a larger whole, an aggregation that wields real power in affecting change?
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