Holoscenes
| Holoscenes | |
|---|---|
 Holoscenes performs in the Surfers Paradise, Queensland during 2018 Commonwealth Games | |
| Artist | Lars Jan |
| Year | 21st century |
| Medium | Installation art |
| Subject | Climate change |
| Website | http://earlymorningopera.com/wp/projects/holoscenes/ |
Holoscenes is a multi-format work of installation art by Los Angeles artist Lars Jan.
Description[edit]
Holoscenes, features a single totemic, aquarium-like sculpture sited in public space, standing thirteen feet tall and viewable from 360 degrees. [1]
In an allegory of the rising sea levels produced by climate change,[2] the aquarium is animated by a powerful custom hydraulic system that pumps up to 15 tons of water in and out in less than a minute, creating a series of mini-floods to which the performers must adapt. Over the course of several hours, a series of performers play variously the guitar, sell fruit, don an abaya, uncoil a garden hose, and perform other familiar tasks as the water rises and falls around each in turn.[3]
Exhibitions[edit]
The piece has been shown/performed during The Commonwealth Games Festival 2018, Australia (2018); [4] Times Square Arts & World Science Festival, New York (2017);[5] Art Abu Dhabi NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE (2016);[6] London's Burning Festival (2016); Art Basel, Miami Beach (2015); at the John and Mable Ringling Museum, Sarasota (2015); Nuit Blanche, Toronto (2014);[7] at the Pasadena Museum of California Art (2015) and at Carrefour international de théâtre (2022).[8][9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "HOLOSCENES". Early Morning Opera. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ Alvarez, Lizette (4 December 2015). "Water as a Climate-Change Gut Punch in a City Defined by an Ocean". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "MDC Live Arts' 'Holoscenes' Explores Life Underwater". Miami New Times. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Holoscenes | Lars Jan / Early Morning Opera (USA) | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ "Times Square Arts: Holoscenes". arts.timessquarenyc.org. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ "HOLOSCENES — NYUAD Arts Center". NYUAD Arts Center. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ Andrew-Gee, Eric (4 October 2014). "Toronto's Nuit Blanche 2014 brings out art lovers, street partiers alike". Toronto Star. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ Schroeder, Amy Newlove (27 January 2015). "Artist Lars Jan Puts the Life Aquatic on Display". Los Angeles. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ Gelt, Jessica (18 February 2015). "Floodwaters Make Statement in 'Holoscenes' at Museum of California Art". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 December 2015.