Miami Musicians in Golf Carts
No one place? No problem. Fellows from the New World Symphony brought music to motion by playing live music on golf carts on Lincoln Road in Miami, FL, USA. This public interaction, while observing social distancing, brought live entertainment and evening ambiance to the public in a time of COVID-19 crisis. Full article by Miami […]
NYC Tribute to Service Workers
In heartfelt honor of the continuity of essential work, artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles, still today in her eighties, works to spread gratitude to service workers in New York City. Through her project, For → Forever…, brief artistic messages and gestures scattered throughout the city serve as reminders to passersby of what preserves the city’s glory […]
National AIDS Memorial Quilt
In the midst of the HIV/AIDS crisis, LGBTQ+ rights activists famously fixed a patchwork of love and honor into an ever-growing quilt. As a memorial to those lost, the Quilt’s legacy, story, and nearly 50,000 patches continue to be displayed and remembered today. https://www.aidsmemorial.org/quilt-history
New Thoughts on Neuromusic
Across four studies, the influences of language perception, music, and similar auditory stimuli were observed on how human emotion and physical state were affected—even perceptions of coffee! Might “Neuromusic” expertise explain our human response to our own humanities, that being the intricacies of art, music, language, and culture? Read here full Fondazione Mariani’s paper.
An Extraordinary Opera; Palermo
A pinnacle of public accessibility to the brilliant arts, Palermo, Italy’s Teatro Massimo is easily renowned for its transformation of troubled history into positive, inclusive culture. The opera distinguishes itself profoundly in its persistence to remain a positive symbol— and continues to do so.NY TIMES full article here
MWRL 100mm by Mladen Miljanovic
Mladen Miljanovic, an artist and professor, wants to explore how art can reconcile opposites and practically support societies going through transformation. With MWRL 100mm he explores the role of the artist in constructively deconstructing, decontaminating and reconstructing spaces. The intervention is a micro experiment in how artistic strategies can be used to support wider social […]
Mr. Trash Wheel
From the first Trash Wheel installed in 2008 up to the present, the idea of John Kellett has pulled over a million pounds of trash out of the water in Baltimore’s Harbor. His bug-eyed creation works by drawing power from solar panels and the current of the river.
“Water Music” by Luis Szaram
“Water is a natural resource that could be irremediably drained if the necessary measures are not taken”. This is the message of the musical ensamble Orchestra H2O Sounds of Earth. They not only use musical instruments made from salvaged waste, but they enabled more than 18,000 children to access music education in Paraguay. “Water Harp”, […]
Murals in Mexico City
With nearly 7,000 new pieces of public art in the past three years, Mexico City artists illuminated an impoverished neighborhood with love, history, culture, and, of course, color, all through the vibrant charm of murals and rooftop art.
HUMA S131
EcoLogicStudio has designed AirBubble, a children’s play pavilion that uses algae in solar-powered bioreactors to remove carbon dioxide and pollutants from the air. The London-based studio claims the 52 bioreactors mounted around the structure’s perimeter can purify the entire volume of air inside the pavilion each day to keep pollution levels within World Health Organization guidelines. […]
