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Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI), founded by Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry, [1] is an organization dedicated to devising alternative energy solutions through sustainable design and public art [2] by providing platforms for scientists and engineers to collaborate with artists, architects and other creatives on public art projects that generate sustainable energy infrastructures. [3]
Modern sustainable artists include artists who are using non-toxic, sustainable materials in their art practices as well as integrating conceptual ideas of sustainability into their work. Washington, DC–based glass sculptors Erwin Timmers [16] and Alison Sigethy incorporate some of the least recycled building materials; structural glass.
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.
It manifests as socially engaged, activist, community-based restorative or interventionist art. Ecological artist, Aviva Rahmani believes that "Ecological art is an art practice, often in collaboration with scientists, city planners, architects and others, that results in direct intervention in environmental degradation. Often, the artist is ...
Ecological art is an art genre and artistic practice that seeks to preserve, remediate and/or vitalize the life forms, resources and ecology of Earth. Ecological art practitioners do this by applying the principles of ecosystems to living species and their habitats throughout the lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere, including wilderness, rural, suburban and urban locations.
The Sustainable Art House established by the artist has 450m2 indoor and 300m2 outdoor area. The Sustainable Art House generates its own electricity with solar panels and transforms rainwater, household waste is used in organic agriculture. The building is the first sustainable art house as a fully insulated and self-sufficient building.
Assemble RA is a collective based in London, who work across the fields of art, architecture and design. [1] They began working together in 2010 and have described themselves as having between 16 and 20 permanent members. [2]
Jasmine Pradissitto is a London-based artist, scientist, academic and speaker whose work focusses on the themes of environmentalism and sustainability. [1] She is the sole artist licensed to use Noxtek , a geopolymer that absorbs nitrogen dioxide pollution from the air.