Earth:Holoscenes
| Holoscenes | |
|---|---|
 Holoscenes performs in the Surfers Paradise, Queensland during 2018 Commonwealth Games | |
| Artist | Lars Jan |
| Year | 21st century |
| Medium | Installation art |
| Subject | Climate change |
| Website | http://earlymorningopera.com/wp/projects/holoscenes/ |
Holoscenes is a multi-format work of installation art by Los Angeles artist Lars Jan.
Description
Holoscenes, features a single totemic, aquarium-like sculpture sited in public space, standing thirteen feet tall and viewable from 360 degrees. [1]
In an allegory of the rising sea levels produced by climate change,[2] the aquarium is animated by a powerful custom hydraulic system that pumps up to 15 tons of water in and out in less than a minute, creating a series of mini-floods to which the performers must adapt. Over the course of several hours, a series of performers play variously the guitar, sell fruit, don an abaya, uncoil a garden hose, and perform other familiar tasks as the water rises and falls around each in turn.[3]
Exhibitions
The piece has been shown/performed during The Commonwealth Games Festival 2018, Australia (2018); [4] Times Square Arts & World Science Festival, New York (2017);[5] Art Abu Dhabi NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE (2016);[6] London's Burning Festival (2016); Art Basel, Miami Beach (2015); at the John and Mable Ringing Museum, Sarasota (2015); Nuit Blanche, Toronto (2014);[7] and at the Pasadena Museum of California Art (2015).[8][9]
See also
- List of works of installation art
References
- ↑ "HOLOSCENES" (in en-US). Early Morning Opera. http://earlymorningopera.com/wp/projects/holoscenes/.
- ↑ Alvarez, Lizette (4 December 2015). "Water as a Climate-Change Gut Punch in a City Defined by an Ocean". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/05/us/water-as-a-climate-change-gut-punch-in-a-city-defined-by-an-ocean.html?_r=0.
- ↑ "MDC Live Arts' 'Holoscenes' Explores Life Underwater". Miami New Times. 30 November 2015. http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/mdc-live-arts-holoscenes-explores-life-underwater-8083268.
- ↑ "Holoscenes | Lars Jan / Early Morning Opera (USA) | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (in en). https://www.gc2018.com/event/holoscenes-lars-jan-early-morning-opera-usa.
- ↑ "Times Square Arts: Holoscenes" (in en). http://arts.timessquarenyc.org/times-square-arts/projects/at-the-crossroads/holoscenes/index.aspx.
- ↑ "HOLOSCENES — NYUAD Arts Center" (in en-US). https://www.nyuad-artscenter.org/en_US/events/2016/holoscenes/.
- ↑ Andrew-Gee, Eric (4 October 2014). "Toronto’s Nuit Blanche 2014 brings out art lovers, street partiers alike". Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/10/04/torontos_nuit_blanche_2014_brings_out_art_lovers_street_partiers_alike.html.
- ↑ Schroeder, Amy Newlove (27 January 2015). "Artist Lars Jan Puts the Life Aquatic on Display". Los Angeles. http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/life-aquatic-wet-work-performance-artist-lars-jan/.
- ↑ Gelt, Jessica (18 February 2015). "Floodwaters Make Statement in 'Holoscenes' at Museum of California Art". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lars-jan-holoscenes-20150218-story.html.
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