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W4830
07.08.2012
Carbonsphere - Evelyn Rosenberg and Anthony Hyde
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Black balls represent carbon atoms. They are piled in the bottom of the container at their present accumulation in the atmosphere. Each time an equivalent amount of carbon is released in the atmosphere a ball would be dropped. Each time a carbon reductio ...

Black balls represent carbon atoms. They are piled in the bottom of the container at their present accumulation in the atmosphere. Each time an equivalent amount of carbon is released in the atmosphere a ball would be dropped. Each time a carbon reductio

Carbonsphere

Evelyn Rosenberg has completed over 40 public art projects. She invented a technique for making sculpture using explosives. She calls these pieces “Detonographs”

Anthony Hyde is the director of the “Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Center, and Professor of Engineering at New Mexico State University. M-TEC provides technical assistant in the form of engineering, product and machinery design, prototyping and robotic design to the State of New Mexico.

The two worked together on two kinetic sculpture projects, which used the power of wind. These pieces were the “Clock of Dreams” which has become the symbol of the New Mexico State University The other project in Albuquerque; “Carrousel de San Ysidro” has helped to regenerate a rural Hispanic neighborhood.

Technology changes so rapidly, we did not want to design a work whose presentation would become outdated. We have chosen a simple graphic image for the Clock, which would not diminish with time. The image shows the cumulative amount of CO2 in the atmosphere along with its current rate of change. It also will show what the efforts to curtail this accumulation are doing to change that rate.

The “Carbonshpere” is a large stainless steel structure with a transparent front. Black balls represent carbon atoms. They are piled in the bottom of the container at their present distribution in the atmosphere. Each time an equivalent amount of carbon is released in the atmosphere a ball would be dropped to add to the growing pile. Each time a carbon reduction takes place a ball will be removed at the bottom and gold ball will rise up to the top creating a positive feedback loop. This will be accomplished through a fluid medium. The balls will be reflected in a polished stainless steel background.

The balls will fall in a distribution pattern, which will be determined by how much carbon is released in CO2 production categories, such as factories and transportation. The tipping point will be clearly marked. Significant dates in the buildup of the carbon gases will be marked. Etched in the transparent front each year will be that year’s accumulation. On the back of the large structure the artist Evelyn Rosenberg will create a large Detonographs to symbolically talk about the issues of global warming and carbon footprints.

Although the large structure will be a visual representation of the accumulating dangers and the amelioration of good actions, we need to integrate it with other components that are interactive and educational. These could be easily updated as technology changes. They would take the form of pillars surrounding the sculpture. The pillars would display data collected around the world to explain the changes going on in our attempt to control global warming. One would reflect the local community. Engaging the community in the alchemist’s dream of turning a base material like carbon into gold allows them to visualize the success of their consolidated efforts.

Black balls represent carbon atoms. They are piled in the bottom of the container at their present accumulation in the atmosphere. Each time an equivalent amount of carbon is released in the atmosphere a ball would be dropped. Each time a carbon reductio ...

Black balls represent carbon atoms. They are piled in the bottom of the container at their present accumulation in the atmosphere. Each time an equivalent amount of carbon is released in the atmosphere a ball would be dropped. Each time a carbon reductio

Carbonsphere

Evelyn Rosenberg has completed over 40 public art projects. She invented a technique for making sculpture using explosives. She calls these pieces “Detonographs”

Anthony Hyde is the director of the “Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Center, and Professor of Engineering at New Mexico State University. M-TEC provides technical assistant in the form of engineering, product and machinery design, prototyping and robotic design to the State of New Mexico.

The two worked together on two kinetic sculpture projects, which used the power of wind. These pieces were the “Clock of Dreams” which has become the symbol of the New Mexico State University The other project in Albuquerque; “Carrousel de San Ysidro” has helped to regenerate a rural Hispanic neighborhood.

Technology changes so rapidly, we did not want to design a work whose presentation would become outdated. We have chosen a simple graphic image for the Clock, which would not diminish with time. The image shows the cumulative amount of CO2 in the atmosphere along with its current rate of change. It also will show what the efforts to curtail this accumulation are doing to change that rate.

The “Carbonshpere” is a large stainless steel structure with a transparent front. Black balls represent carbon atoms. They are piled in the bottom of the container at their present distribution in the atmosphere. Each time an equivalent amount of carbon is released in the atmosphere a ball would be dropped to add to the growing pile. Each time a carbon reduction takes place a ball will be removed at the bottom and gold ball will rise up to the top creating a positive feedback loop. This will be accomplished through a fluid medium. The balls will be reflected in a polished stainless steel background.

The balls will fall in a distribution pattern, which will be determined by how much carbon is released in CO2 production categories, such as factories and transportation. The tipping point will be clearly marked. Significant dates in the buildup of the carbon gases will be marked. Etched in the transparent front each year will be that year’s accumulation. On the back of the large structure the artist Evelyn Rosenberg will create a large Detonographs to symbolically talk about the issues of global warming and carbon footprints.

Although the large structure will be a visual representation of the accumulating dangers and the amelioration of good actions, we need to integrate it with other components that are interactive and educational. These could be easily updated as technology changes. They would take the form of pillars surrounding the sculpture. The pillars would display data collected around the world to explain the changes going on in our attempt to control global warming. One would reflect the local community. Engaging the community in the alchemist’s dream of turning a base material like carbon into gold allows them to visualize the success of their consolidated efforts.