Ron Garan aboard the ISS. Image courtesy NASA.
The interconnecting viewpoints of art and world affairs
Artworks that produce and transport electricity from energy captured from nature
View works from the Land Art Generator’s competition for Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City designed by Foster and Partners as a ‘greenprint’ for the sustainable development of cities including energy and water efficiency, mobility and reduction of waste.
CENTERPOINT NOW, “Are we there yet?”
publication presents an unexpected take on the United Nations’ 75th anniversary, reflecting on the immense scope of the UN’s mandate through topics as diverse as the implications of space exploration, ethics for human health, the impact of peacekeeping, women and finance, traditional medicine, global migration, gender and climate change, architecture and energy solutions for the future, AI and humanism, the neuroscience of bias, overcoming the challenges of multilateralism, and more. The strong emphasis on art invites the reader to engage with the subjects on various levels. Centerpoint Now is a publication and copyright of World Council of Peoples for the United Nations. This special issue was produced in collaboration with Streaming Museum.
ART COMMENTARY
CodeProfiles (2002, 2018) by W. Bradford Paley is an historic conceptual artwork made with code and inspired by leading modern and contemporary artists.
Agnes Denes’s prophetic Wheatfield—a Confrontation (1982) addresses human values and misplaced priorities. Despite security concerns, 3 weeks after 9/11, we presented it in Moscow.
King Sahure and a Nome God, ca. 2458-2446 B.C.
Some Thoughts on Art as a Point of Connection Between What Has Been and What Can Be
by Yassana Croizat-Glazer, Ph.D.Founder and Principal, YCG Fine Art
Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of Michele Marullo Tarchaniota, c. 1458-1500
Of Poets, Human and Robot
by Nina Colosi, featured in Centerpoint Now, "Are we there yet?" Publication © WCPUN