Doron Gazit ( he, דורון גזית ; born 1953) is an Israeli environmental artist, activist and industrial designer recognized for his large-scale outdoor environmental art installations. Gazit studied industrial design in Bezalel College in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

where he supported himself as a street balloon artist.

Red Line Project

Gazit is documenting ecological devastations at locations affected by climate change in his temporary art installation named, Red Line Project. Doron Gazit is quoted saying, "Red Line Project was created as a metaphor for the blood vein of Mother Nature, alerting observers to the urgent need to remedy and protect our endangered environment. The vein turns into a 3D line, while the devastated landscapes are my largescale canvas." Gazit's Red Line Project has been installed in the sinkholes of the Dead Sea in Israel, melting Knik Glaciar in Alaska, the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and the

Salton Sea The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline body of water in Riverside and Imperial counties at the southern end of the U.S. state of California. It lies on the San Andreas Fault within the Salton Trough that stretches to the Gulf ...

in California. He has planned future installations along the Amazon river, the forests of the Sumatra and

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and ea ...

, and the floating islands of garbage in the

oceans The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the worl ...

Environmental artworks

Between 1996 and 2016 Gazit produced interactive art installations titled “Sculpting the Wind“ and “Visualizing the Invisible” in which he conceptually visualizes a dialogue between the sun and the wind using balloons and involving the participation of many people in multiple locations. As quoted by Gazit: "The wind fills the tubes with air, imprinting its motions on the tube from inside, and guiding its way forward - creating a dialog with mother nature - a conversation with the wind, the sun and the earth beneath them." His settings are meant to reference the

anthropocene The Anthropocene ( ) is a proposed geological epoch dating from the commencement of significant human impact on Earth's geology and ecosystems, including, but not limited to, anthropogenic climate change. , neither the International Commissio ...

– mankind’s interface with nature, technology, and industry. Gazit's works are considered site specific art.

AirChitecture and Air Dimensional Design

Air Dimensional Design was founded by Doron Gazit. Gazit was invited to decorate nine different venues for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He used polyethylene AirTubes as temporary architecture which Gazit calls AirChitecture. Gazit is credited as a co-inventor of the dancing inflatable which was developed for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.,

Gallery

File:Red Line Project in the ruins of the Desert Beach at the Salton Sea.jpg, Red Line at the Salton Sea File:Red Line Project showing the melting Knik glacier in Alaska.jpg, Red Line at the melting glaciers of AK File:Green line.jpg, Green line File:Sculpting the Wind at sunset.jpg, Sculpting the Wind at sunset File:Sculpting the Wind.jpg, Sculpting the Wind File:Air Pyramid.jpg, Air Pyramid File:Art Center event - at the Wind Tunnel.jpg, Art Center event at the Wind Tunnel File:AirDD - Tunnel of arched Airtubes.jpg, Tunnel of arched Airtubes File:Opening of Epic Media studios.jpg, Opening of Epic Media studios File:Medusa Hi-Light.jpg, Medusa Hi-Light File:Wicks Hi-Light.jpg, Wicks Hi-Light File:Fly Guy 98 Super Bowl.jpg, Fly Guy 98 Super Bowl

References

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