Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet
© Copyright Alessandra Kelley
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In the summer of 2007 the city of Chicago and the Clinton Global Initiative sponsored "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet", a public art exhibit of giant fiberglass globes painted by Chicago-area artists to present possible solutions to global warming. Over 100 Chicago-area and international artists participated. The globes were just over 1.5m in diameter, raised on a pedestal to be over 2m. My entry, "Spiral Chance", was located at the entrance to Navy Pier. |
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The theme of "Spiral Chance" was renewable energy. Its appearance reflects my original focus, wind power, with swirling longitudinal bands suggesting global weather systems. All around the globe are scenes of wind turbines, solar power, and geothermal pumps. The blue and green "windy" bands alternate with grayish-brown bands of wasteful energy use and environmental devastation. |
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"Spiral Chance" was deliberately painted to look like a gas giant planet, such as Jupiter, when seen from a distance. |
"Spiral Chance" was sponsored and ultimately bought by Invenergy LLC, a developer of wind farms and natural gas and solar projects.
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I painted a miniature version of "Spiral Chance" for a traveling exhibition. This globe is about 30 cm tall. |
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