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A renewable energy sculpture is an artwork that produces power from
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copyright 2015 * Kastner, Jeffrey, Land and Environmental Art, Phaidon, copyright 2005 * Grande, John K., Balance: Art and Nature, Black Rose Books, NY, copyright 1994 * Grande, John K., Art Nature Dialogues: Interviews with Environmental Artists, State University of New York Press, copyright 2004 * Strewlow, Heike, Ecological Aesthetics: Art in Environmental Design: Theory and Practice, Birhäuser Basel, copyright 2004 * Koh, Rachel; Monoian, Elizabeth; Ferry, Robert, The Time is Now: Public Art of the Sustainable City, Land Art Generator Initiative, Page One Publishing, copyright 2012 * Monoian, Ferry, Klein, Regenerative Infrastructures: Land Art Generator Initiative, Prestel Publishing, copyright 2013 * Monoian, Elizabeth; Ferry, Robert, New Energies: Land Art Generator Initiative, Prestel Publishing, copyright 2014 Sculpture Renewable energy Environmental art Modern art
A renewable energy sculpture is an artwork that produces power from renewable source
Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...
s, such as solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric or tidal.
Such a sculpture is functionally both a renewable energy generator and a work of art
A work of art, artwork, art piece, piece of art or art object is an artistic creation of aesthetic value. Except for "work of art", which may be used of any work regarded as art in its widest sense, including works from literature ...
, fulfilling utilitarian, aesthetic, and cultural functions. The idea of renewable energy sculptures has been developed by artists including Patrice Stellest, Sarah Hall, Julian H. Scaff, Patrick Marold, Elena Paroucheva, architects Laurie Chetwood and Nicholas Grimshaw, University of Illinois professor Bil Becket, and collaborations such as the Land Art Generator Initiative. Echoing the philosophy of the environmental art
Environmental art is a range of artistic practices encompassing both historical approaches to nature in art and more recent ecological and politically motivated types of works. Environmental art has evolved away from formal concerns, for example ...
movement as a whole, artists creating renewable energy sculpture believe that the aesthetics of the artworks are inextricably linked to their ecological function.{{Citation needed, date=May 2009
See also
*Sustainable art Sustainable art is art in harmony with the key principles of sustainability, which include ecology, social justice, non-violence and grassroots democracy.
Sustainable art may also be understood as art that is produced with consideration for the wide ...
*Environmental art
Environmental art is a range of artistic practices encompassing both historical approaches to nature in art and more recent ecological and politically motivated types of works. Environmental art has evolved away from formal concerns, for example ...
Further reading
* The Art Gallery of Renewable Energy, http://www.lope.ca/artrenewable/index.html * Izzy Fraser-Underhill, Aeolian art for a more beautiful landscapeElectrical tester
copyright 2015 * Kastner, Jeffrey, Land and Environmental Art, Phaidon, copyright 2005 * Grande, John K., Balance: Art and Nature, Black Rose Books, NY, copyright 1994 * Grande, John K., Art Nature Dialogues: Interviews with Environmental Artists, State University of New York Press, copyright 2004 * Strewlow, Heike, Ecological Aesthetics: Art in Environmental Design: Theory and Practice, Birhäuser Basel, copyright 2004 * Koh, Rachel; Monoian, Elizabeth; Ferry, Robert, The Time is Now: Public Art of the Sustainable City, Land Art Generator Initiative, Page One Publishing, copyright 2012 * Monoian, Ferry, Klein, Regenerative Infrastructures: Land Art Generator Initiative, Prestel Publishing, copyright 2013 * Monoian, Elizabeth; Ferry, Robert, New Energies: Land Art Generator Initiative, Prestel Publishing, copyright 2014 Sculpture Renewable energy Environmental art Modern art