Solar Leaf by Iman Sheikhansari (Iran) incorporates solar photovoltaic, battery storage, and rainwater harvesting to produce 120 MWh of electricity and 600,000 liters of filtered each year. A submission to LAGI 2025 Fiji, held in collaboration with the Village of Marou.
WindNest by Trevor Lee incorporates compact acceleration wind turbines and thin film solar to generate an annual capacity of 30 MWh. The submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative 2010 design competition for Abu Dhabi (LAGI 2010) was re-imagined and constructed full-scale for SEE MONSTER, a part of the UNBOXED UK Festival in 2022.
MEAnder by Ryan Henel and Craig Sponholtz is the chosen design from the LAGI-MEA invited design competition for the Modern Elder Academy’s regenerative ranch, Saddleback, south of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Images courtesy of the artist team (rendering by Ryan Bromberg).
Plane of Water by Zsuzsa Péter incorporates organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar to generate 40 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including shaded public space, water harvesting, and urban garden. A shortlisted entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
International open-call competitions for the UAE, New York City, Copenhagen, Santa Monica, Melbourne, Abu Dhabi, Fly Ranch, Fiji, and Mannheim have resulted in nearly 2,000 designs from creative teams across more than eighty countries.
Land Art of the 21st Century published by Hirmer Verlag for LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch, a partnership with Burning Man Project.
Choose Earth is a Land Art Generator Solar Mural by artist Peggy Flavin. It provides about 2,500 kilowatt-hours of clean solar electricity each year to power the Pump House on W. Broadway (U.S. Rt 191) Jackson, Wyoming.
Partners and supporters have included Fiji Arts Council, Burning Man Project, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, City of Copenhagen, World Energy Congress, European Union Commission on Climate Action, Zayed University, City of Santa Monica, J.M. Kaplan Fund, Masdar Abu Dhabi, National Endowment for the Arts, Capital Region of Denmark, Danish Design Centre, City of Glasgow, State of Victoria Australia, Carbon Arts, Creative Carbon Scotland, Climarte, Arizona State University, Village of Marou Fiji, German Federal Garden Show, and many more. The LAGI archives are collected by the Nevada Museum of Art, Institute for Art + Environment.
LAGI 2010 exhibition at the 2011 World Future Energy Summit. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon visits the first exhibition of designs submitted to the biennial LAGI design competition. His guide was overheard explaining to him that “renewable energy can be beautiful.” Photo by Roger White. Thank you to Masdar City for supporting LAGI 2010.
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Arch of Time by Riccardo Mariano incorporates solar photovoltaic modules to generate 400 MWh per year, offsetting the electricity demand of the surrounding neighborhood. It will be the first public artwork in the world built to be a net positive contribution to the climate crisis. By generously providing clean energy to the city, the arch will inspire the public about the beauty and wonder of a post-carbon future, while providing an exceptional venue. Learn More
