Eye Powered: 12 Artistic German Transformer Stations
These visually stunning German transformer stations display artistic paint jobs that beautify their surroundings while discouraging graffiti artists. “Transformatorenstation” is ...
Tag: public art
Plaza Play: 13 Artistic Installations Make Public Squares A Lot More Fun
An infusion of art revives a cold, gray public square like a healing draught, drawing people in and encouraging them to stay a while, interact with each other and see their city from a new point ...
Lost Architecture is Remembered with Sculptures of the Ivy That Once Covered It
What if, after the demolition of a neglected building, all that was left behind was the leafy exoskeleton of ivy that once grew up its outer walls? As shanty towns all along the Yuan River in the ...
A Toddler Peers Over the US-Mexico Border Fence for JR’s Latest Installation
Set on scaffolding just across the rust-red fence marking the border between Tecate, California and Mexico, street artist JR’s latest installation is a towering statement on immigration issues ...
Memorable Memorials: 10 Extraordinary War Monuments
These extraordinary war monuments stand out from the crowd in commemorating those who have fallen while performing their duty in the service of their country. Memorial Day was formerly ...
Underpass Art & Parks: 15 Fun Projects Reclaiming Disused Urban Space
Climbing walls, skate parks, art installations, theaters and even miniature marinas take advantage of the cathedral-like spaces beneath highways and bridges, revitalizing formerly disused and ...
Luminous Loops: Interactive Light Display Inspired by the Zoetrope
Take a seat inside this human-sized zoetrope, pull the bar back and forth and watch as fairytale imagery come to life around you. ‘Loop’ is the main installation at this year’s ...
Missing Pyramid: Louvre Installation Makes Iconic Monument Disappear
In a work of large-scale urban camouflage, French street artist JR has made the iconic glass pyramid standing outside the Musée du Louvre disappear. At least, it seems to disappear, when viewed ...
METALmorphosis: Kinetic Sculpture by Controversial Czech Artist
A giant metallic head splits into segments and rotates in a ‘metamorphosis’ worthy of its subject, author Franz Kafka. All 42 of its layers spin independently, catching the sunlight on their ...
Ghosts of Architecture Past: 14 Fossils of Fallen Buildings
Like hazy memories or flickers of imagination, architectural structures either long since lost or never built in the first place interact with three-dimensional space in the form of ghostly ...
