Climate Clock Countdown in San Jose
Posted by on July 22, 2008
The Climate Clock initiative, a major public artwork planned for downtown San Jose, ticks steadily toward the next stage, with the final three artist-led teams announced next month. They will develop their proposals in conjunction with a residency at the CADRE Laboratory for New Media.
The Climate Clock will use information and measurement technologies to gather and display massive amounts of complex climate change data - including CO2 emissions, water levels and gas consumption for 100 years.
The initiative kicked off earlier this year when FUSE, in cooperation with the City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs/Public Art Program and in partnership with ZER01, conducted an international IDEAS competition for artist-led interdisciplinary teams to propose general design strategies for the Climate Clock.
The jury (especially for a public artwork) is interesting, but very much expected from the innovators in San Jose. Members are
- Alonzo King, Choreographer, San Francisco Bay Area Contemporary Ballet Company
- Gordon Knox, Director of Global Initiatives, Stanford Humanities Lab
- Roger Malina, Director of Leonardo/International Society of Art, Science and Technology
- Andrea Polli, Artist, Director of the MFA Program in Integrated Media Arts at Hunter College
- Anthony Raynsford, Modern Architecture Historian, Professor SJSU
- Bette Otto-Bliesner, Senior Scientist, NCAR