Tag: Exhibits
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Eco-Ideas from Toronto's Green Living Show
It seemed a bit smaller and emptier this year, much like the green movement in general.
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Guns to Drums: An Orchestra Made of Old Weapons
The sound of gunshots has been transformed into the sound of music in Mexico's Ciudad Juárez, where artist Pedro Reyes turned 6,700 confiscated weapons into a complete orchestra of fully playable musical instruments.
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Art Made from Mt. Everest Trash Exhibited in Nepal
Sixty-five porters and 75 yaks labored over two years to bring more than eight tons of trash down from the slopes of Mount Everest -- and into the hands of local artists.
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All Aboard the Helsinki Plant Tram, A Whimsical Urban Garden Made on the Move
Over the past three days, one of Helsinki's tram lines has been carrying some unusual cargo -- living plants donated by passengers for inclusion in a roller-coaster-themed urban garden.
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12 Innovative Ways to Rethink Our Cities From the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale
The U.S. Pavilion is spotlighting grassroots efforts to make cities and neighborhoods greener, safer, and happier places to live.
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MOVE: The Transportation Expo Looks at How We Will Get Around in the Future
A remarkable exhibition of the future of transportation is mounted in the middle of industrial archaeology.
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Artist Creates Magnificent Labyrinths Made of Salt
Motoi Yamamoto's salt labyrinths and intricate installations are as stunning as they are sustainable.
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Art of the Plastic Bag: Furniture, Fashion and More
The dumpster full of glowing garbage out front of Switzerland's Gewerbemuseum sets the stage for what's inside -- an art exhibition of works both poignant and comical, all made from discarded plastic bags.
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Insect Sushi and Copper Recycling Machines at the Royal College of Art Graduate Show
The Royal College of Art graduate students show their (environmental) stuff at the year-end show.
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Artist Hangs Living Trees in Abandoned Churches
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto's beautiful 'Global Tree Project' reveals the natural world with hanging trees, gilded boulders, and more.
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Pop-Up Gardens, Other 'Urban Interventions' to be Showcased at Venice Architecture Biennale
Pop-up gardens, urban farms, guerrilla bike lanes, examples of crowdsourced city planning, and other urban interventions will be the focus of the official U.S. Pavilion at the world's most prestigious architecture event.
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From A to Zierfische; Obsolete Signs are Being Saved from the Dump at the Buchstabenmuseum in Berlin (Photos)
The Buchstabenmuseum is an NGO dedicated to preserving, restoring and exhibiting old signs from Berlin and around the world. Its owners save obsolete letters from the dump and instead tell their stories. It is a museum like no other!
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Eco-Art Installations Sprout in a Taiwanese Village
Unsuspecting visitors to the small fishing village of Cheng Long might feel the need to blink and rub their eyes. Is there really a giant bowl and chopsticks sinking into the wetlands? What are those brightly colored things growing all over that house?
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London Exhibit Explores the Mysterious Human Brain, With Samples From Geniuses and Body Snatchers (Photos)
"Brains: The Mind as Matter" at the Wellcome Collection features 150 objects including real brains, anatomical models and artworks, and more.
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Are These the Tiniest Microfarms of Them All? New York City Artist Grows Food Inside Furniture
From chard on a chair to tat soi in a suitcase, artist Jenna Spevack is cultivating a tasty variety of organic microgreens in her furniture farms -- and visitors to her upcoming gallery show will be able to reap the harvest.
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Thai Artist Looks for Happiness in a Bowl of Rice
Bangkok-based artist Nino Sarabutra investigates what really makes people happy, and how much money is needed to live a good life.
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Edible Garden Sprouts from Plastic Waste in Ethiopia
Artist Kebreab Demeke's colorful, functional sculpture is among around a dozen projects examining the meaning of 'the good life' on display at an exhibition in Berlin.
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Stunning English Landscape Paintings by David Hockney...Made With an iPad (Photos)
Celebrated English painter David Hockney has turned to the iPad as his canvas -- embracing the latest technology despite his age.
