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Exhibitions
State of The Art Technology
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Lunch was the setting for the Georgia Air
Quality and Climate Summit's Green Drive-in. Hybrid cars, EV
SUVs, and alternative fueled vehicles of many makes and models
convened on the Summit in a demonstration of practical, affordable,
and green personal mobility. Showcased vehicles (owners) included:
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-Corbin Personal Transit Module (Dale Atkins)
-Toyota RAV4 (Stephen Taylor)
-Toyota Prius (Dave Kennington)
-Monte Carlo with Active Fuel Management
(General Motors, courtesy
of Randy Queen)
-VW Golf-fueled with Vegetable Oil
(Veg Energy, courtesy of Rob Del Bueno)
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-Chevrolet Cavalier-fueled with compressed Natural Gas
(GA EPD, courtesy of Wes Younger)
-Ford Escape Hybrid (Ford Motor Co., courtesy of Kirk Preiser)
-Ford Taurus E85 (Southern Company, courtesy of Jane Franklin)
-Honda Civic Hybrid #1 (Suganthi Eber)
-Honda Civic Hybrid #2 (Clean Air Campain and Star 94)
-Honda Insight (Becky Rowe) |
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The Technology State of Art
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Lunch was also the setting for an informal
exploration of how the medium of art may be used to
communicate complex and abstract concepts related to
Georgia's air quality and climate. On hand to engage the
summit attendees Pam Longobardi, Associate Professor
at Georgia State University, Welch School of Art and Design, and David D'Agostino, Flash
Art. They also exhibited recent works that connect audiences
to the environment through art.
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Pam Longobardi
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MURMURATION
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a collaboration
between Pam Longobardi (USA) and Sue Palmer (UK)
Video 1: “Amplexus (frogs)” Flat screen Projection
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This video
captures a ‘frog event’ Pam filmed that occurred in
Venice, Italy during the record hot summer of 2003,
when hundreds of people across Europe died of heat exhaustion.
After 6 weeks without rain and temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit,
a freak hailstorm filled a dry fountain pool and overnight,
dozens of frogs appeared as if from nowhere in the middle
of the Venice Bienale. A massive mating orgy ensued.
The following day the pool filled with the beautiful
pearlescent egg strands floating among the leaves and
cigarette butts.
Where did the frogs come from, where did they go after? This magnificent
display of the interconnection of water, climate, air
and life, as well as the dark warning of our changing
global environment, was the inspiration of this film.
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Video 2: “Murmuration (starlings)” Weather balloon Projection
Between the
winters of 2003 and 2006, Sue has been filming the murmuration
of starlings near her home in the UK. Westhay Moor in Somerset
is host to the largest roost of starlings in Europe. Following
years of heavy peat extraction, the area has been donated to
Somerset Wildlife Trust and re-flooded as a conservation area,
providing essential habitat for many migrant and native birds.
A vast reedbed, created by the flooding of the moorland, attracts
the starlings that now swell to the greatest numbers in remembered
history. Around mid-winter each year, the native starlings are
joined by migrants, from Scandinavia and Russia, creating a
roost of around 5 million birds. Until the early 20th century
in parts of south-west England, starlings were known only as
winter visitors, often pushed into these milder areas by cold
weather. Now many starlings stay the whole year because of the
milder weather. Despite the large roost in Somerset starling
numbers overall have been in steady decline in the UK. In the
middle 20th century, they roosted in all the major cities in
Britain and were seen mostly as nuisances.In 1949, suck flocks
landed on the hands on Big Ben in London that they stopped the
clock. Are starling flocks of 5 million in 2006 a nuisance or
a natural wonder?
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David D'Agostino
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