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Tribute in Light, Municipal Art Society and Creative Time of NYC, 2002-present

http://mas.org/programs/tributeinlight/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribute_in_Light

Tribute in Light, being projected on Sept. 11, 2009, from the ProPublica office on One Exchange Plaza


Tribute in Light was first presented on March 11, 2002, six months after the attacks, and MAS has presented it annually since. Comprising eighty-eight 7,000-watt xenon light bulbs positioned into two 48-foot squares that echo the shape and orientation of the Twin Towers, Tribute in Light is assembled each year on a roof near the World Trade Center site. The illuminated memorial reaches 4 miles into the sky and is the strongest shaft of light ever projected from earth into the night sky. See this list of great Viewing Locations.

It was independently conceived by several artists and designers who were brought together under the auspices of MAS and Creative Time. Tribute was designed by John Bennett, Gustavo Bonevardi, Richard Nash Gould, Julian Laverdiere and Paul Myoda with lighting consultant Paul Marantz. It was originally made possible by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and with the generous assistance of Con Edison.

See and listen to the origins of Tribute in Light and how it is produced annually on September 11.

うごく七夕まつり、陸前高田、岩手

http://www.asahi.com/eco/photoreport/gallery/110909_final/10_morii2.html

〈森井英二郎〉 　１４９日目（８月６日）
初盆を迎えた岩手県陸前高田市で「うごく七夕まつり」が行われ、
華やかな飾りを付けた山車が、がれきの中をゆっくりと進んだ。
山車の多くが津波の被害を受け、一時は中止も考えられたが、開催された。
「死者の霊を慰めるのが祭りの始まり。こんな時こそ祭りをしよう」

DJ Light, Cinimod Studio, Lima, Peru. 2010

http://www.cinimodstudio.com/dj-light

DJ Light is an immersive public sound and light installation that gives visitors the power to orchestrate an awe-inspiring performance of light and sound across a large public space. It was created for energy company Endesa as the cornerstone of their Christmas celebrations in Lima, Peru.

DJ Light (DJ Luz), Lima 2010 from Cinimod Studio on Vimeo.

http://www.cinimodstudio.com/
http://www.cinimodstudio.com/

Light Showers, Jill Anholt, 2011,Toronto

http://www.jillanholt.ca/projects/light-showers

Light Showers
Jill Anholt


A series of iconic sculptures integrated into a new park along Toronto’s waterfront visibly express the surrounding community’s aspirations to sustainability. Nine meter tall art elements display and celebrate collected and purified community storm water , lifting it from the ground to the sky where it falls as a textured veil of water into a channel that returns it to Lake Ontario. As people meander over bridges between the elements, integrated motion sensors trigger shifting light patterns in the water curtains, emphasizing the connection between local actions and distant effects.

Location: Sherbourne Park, Toronto ON
Status: Completed Summer 2011

http://dirt.asla.org/2011/08/17/the-future-is-here-sherbourne-common/

WHERE DOES THE DUST ITSELF COLLECT?, Xu Bing, 2011

WHERE DOES THE DUST ITSELF COLLECT?, Xu Bing, 2011

at Museum of Chinese American, NY http://www.mocanyc.org/

and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NY http://www.lmcc.net/

http://insite.lmcc.net/projects-home/?id=15

The first American installation of a project by renowned Chinese artist Xu Bing, originally created in 2004 in Cardiff, Wales utilizing the dust that the artist collected from the streets of Lower Manhattan in the aftermath of 9/11. Recreating a field of dust across a floor surface, punctuated by the outline of a Zen Buddhist poem, the work explores the relationship between the material and the spiritual world, and the complicated circumstances created by different world perspectives.

Xu Bing (1955- ) was born in Chongqing, China but grew up in Beijing. He was sent to the countryside to perform farm labor as an “educated youth” during the final years of the Cultural Revolution and then entered The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in 1977, where he studied and taught in the printmaking department, receiving both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees there. In 1990 Xu moved to the United States, eventually relocating to New York in 1992. His work has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums spanning the globe and he has been the recipient of awards and honors including a 1999 MacArthur Fellowship and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Columbia University in 2010. He currently works out of his studios in Beijing and Brooklyn, and since January 2008 has served as vice president of CAFA, his alma mater.

This exhibit is made possible by support from the Ford Foundation.

The exhibition space in The Spinning Wheel Building has been donated by the
Greystone Management Corporation.

Image: Xu Bing, courtesy of the artist.

Urban Open Space: Designing For User Needs, Marc Francis, 2003

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1559631139

Product Description

Research has shown that successful public spaces are ones that are responsive to the needs of their users, are democratic in their accessibility, and are meaningful for the larger community and society. While considerable research has been done on needs and conflicts in open space, no one document integrates all this knowledge and makes it available to professionals, students, and researchers.

  • Foreword
  • Urban open space: Case study in land and community design
  • Introduction: Designing for user needs
    • P4
      • Parks, plazas, streets, community gardens, and greenways (Carr et al. 1992; Lynch 1972)
      • The life between buildings(1987;Gehl and Gemoze 1996)
      • Third places(Ray Oldenburg 1989)
    • P6 A Typology of Urban Open Spaces
  • The LAF case study method
  • Urban open spaces: Why some work and others don’t
      • P14 Why Public Spaces Fail
      • P15 Principles of Creating Great Public Spaces
    • The research on urban parks and open space
      • P19 Case Studies of User Needs in Open Space
        • Issue based case studies
        • Place-based case studies
        • Case studies of types of open space
      • User Needs
      • Comfort
      • Relaxation
      • Passive Engagement
      • Active Engagement
      • Discovery
      • Fun
      • User Conflicts
      • Safety / Security
      • Abuse
      • Conflicts Between User Groups
      • Cultural Differences
      • Gender Conflicts
      • Ability
      • Privatization of Public Space
      • Conflicts Between Use and Ecology
  • Design, development, and decision making.
  • Bryant park: a case study of designing of public spaces
  • Community Participation
    • The landscape architect’s role
    • Approaches to maintenance and management
  • Evaluating the needs and limitations of public spaces
    • The literature on user needs in urban open space
    • Critical reviews
      • ..for example, Project for Public Spaces in New York City (2000) states that places should be created, “not just designed”. Three of their ‘Eleven Steps to Transforming Public Spaces into Great Community Places’ emphasize programming over design and the evolving nature of good open spaces.
    • Why design urban spaces?
    • Limitations and problems
    • Principles of public places
    • Design and Management recommendations for public open space
      • source: Project for Public Spaces, How to Turn a Place Around, 2000, p86-93
    • Issues and Research for the Future

  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Bibliography
  • Websites and Listservs
  • Photo Credits
  • Sources of Information
  • Index
  • About the author

 

 

 

Product Description

Research has shown that successful public spaces are ones that are responsive to the needs of their users, are democratic in their accessibility, and are meaningful for the larger community and society. While considerable research has been done on needs and conflicts in open space, no one document integrates all this knowledge and makes it available to professionals, students, and researchers.

Based on archival research; published case studies; site visits; and interviews with researchers, open space designers, managers, and users, Urban Open Space looks across several seminal studies to glean significant findings and design implications related to user needs and conflicts. It reviews and identifies those critical user needs that must be considered in the planning, design, and management of outdoor spaces, and synthesizes that knowledge into an accessible and useful document.

 

About the Author

Mark Francis, a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, is professor of landscape architecture at the University of California, Davis, and senior design consultant with MIG in Berkeley and Davis. Trained in landscape architecture and urban design at Berkeley and Harvard, he is author of more than sixty articles and book chapters translated into a dozen languages. His books include Community Open Spaces (Island Press, 1984), The Meaning of Gardens (MIT, 1990), Public Space (Cambridge, 1992), and The California Landscape Garden Ecology, Culture and Design (California, 1999). His work has focused on the use and meaning of the built and natural landscape. Much of this research has utilized a case study approach to study parks, gardens, public spaces, streets, nearby nature, and urban public life.

Public Places Urban Spaces,2nd Ed: The Dimentions of Urban Design, Matthew Caroma,et al, 2010

http://www.amazon.com/Public-Places-Urban-Spaces-Second/dp/1856178277/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

Review

…a thorough and workman-like reference for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of urban design.
Architect’s Journal‘This will become the standard textbook on its subject, and deservedly so.’
Robert Cowan, Director, Urban Design Group, UK. –This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

 

Product Description

Public Places Urban Spaces 2e is a thorough introduction to the principles of urban design theory and practice. Authored by experts in the fields of urban design and planning, it is designed specifically for the 2500 postgraduate students on Urban Design courses in the UK, and 1500 students on undergraduate courses in the same subject.The second edition of this tried and trusted textbook has been updated with relevant case studies to show students how principles have been put into practice. The book is now in full colour and a larger format, so students and lecturers get a much stronger visual package and easy to use layout, enabling them to more easily practically apply principles of urban design to their projects.

Sustainability is the driving factor in urban regeneration and new urban development, and the new edition is focused on best sustainable design and practice. Public Places Urban Spaces is a must-have purchase for those on urban design courses and for professionals who want to update and refresh their knowledge.

. Tried and tested textbook in urban design, giving a comprehensive introduction to the principles and theory of urban design
. New and key focus on trends in sustainable design
. Now full colour to better visually demonstrate to students the application of design principles

Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience, Yi-Fu Tuan, 1977

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi-Fu_Tuan

Space/Place Definitions

In Space and Place : The Perspective of Experience, Tuan contends that a space requires a movement from a place to another place. Similarly, a place requires a space to be a place. Hence, the two notions are co-dependent.


Geography

On the 25th anniversary of its publication, a new edition of this foundational work on human geography.

In the twenty years since its original publication, Space and Place has not only established the discipline of human geography, but it has proven influential in such diverse fields as theatre, literature, anthropology, psychology, and theology. Eminent geographer Yi-Fu Tuan considers the ways in which people feel and think about space, how they form attachments to home, neighborhood, and nation, and how feelings about space and place are affected by the sense of time. He suggests that place is security and space is freedom: we are attached to the one and long for the other. Whether he is considering sacred versus “biased” space, mythical space and place, time in experiential space, or cultural attachments to space, Tuan’s analysis is thoughtful and insightful throughout.

Until retiring in 1998, Yi-Fu Tuan was a professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is ranked among the country’s most distinguished cultural geographers and has earned numerous honors, among them a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Bracken Award for landscape architecture, and an award for meritorious contribution to geography from the Association of American Geographers. He was recently named the Lauréat d’Honneur 2000 of the International Geographers Union. He is the author of many essays and books, including Escapism (1998) and Cosmos and Hearth (Minnesota, 1999).

‘7000 Oaks’ 1982-87, Joseph Beuys

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7000Oaks_Timeline

7000 Oaks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7000_Oaks

Joseph Beuys

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Beuys

Social Sculpture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_sculpture

In 1973, Beuys wrote:

“Only on condition of a radical widening of definitions will it be possible for art and activities related to art [to] provide evidence that art is now the only evolutionary-revolutionary power. Only art is capable of dismantling the repressive effects of a senile social system that continues to totter along the deathline: to dismantle in order to build ‘A SOCIAL ORGANISM AS A WORK OF ART’… EVERY HUMAN BEING IS AN ARTIST who – from his state of freedom – the position of freedom that he experiences at first-hand – learns to determine the other positions of the TOTAL ART WORK OF THE FUTURE SOCIAL ORDER.” [1]

*^ Beuys statement dated 1973, first published in English in Caroline Tisdall: Art into Society, Society into Art (ICA, London, 1974), p.48. Capitals in original.