Daan Roosegaarde -

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Résumé :
The first monograph on the indefatigable explorer of relationships between people, technology, and environmental issues Dutch artist, Daan Roosegaarde, is one of the most innovative artists to emerge in the past decade. His sculptures and installations, made in collaboration with a team of engineers and designers, aim to create better conditions in cities and to make difficult areas habitable again, by rethinking processes and upgrading urban structures. At the core of Roosegaarde's practice is schoonheid, a Dutch word that stands both for 'clean-ness' and 'beauty.' It is this that has informed some of his most popular public projects, including Waterlicht (a virtual flood that shows the force of water); Smog Free Project (a large outdoor air purifier that turns smog into jewelry), and Smart Highway (an interactive road that charges throughout the day and glows at night).

Biographie:
INTERVIEW : NICO DASWANI is Head of Arts and Culture at the World Economic Forum in Geneva He was previously Director of Programs at the 2005 World Festival of Sacred Music in Los Angeles and, until 2013, Program Director of the Asian American Arts Alliance in New York. In 2011 Daswani co-founded the arts organization Create Culture in New York, where he organized events such as Creative Walks and Faces of New Yark. SURVEY : FUMIO NANJO is the Director of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, a positon he has held since 2006. Previously Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in Nagoya (1986-1990), he served as commissioner of the Japan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1997) and co-curated many international art events, including the Taipei Biennale (1998) . the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (1999) . the Yokohama Triennale (2001), the Singapore Biennale (2006, 2008) and the inaugural Honolulu Biennial (2017). Norio also contributed to exhibition catalogues, art journals and magazines, and is the author of From Art to the City (1997) and Asian Contemporary Art Report : China, India, Middle East and Japan (2010). FOCUS : CAROL BECKER is Dean of Faculty and Professor of the Arts at Columbia University School of the Arts. She was previously Dean of Faculty and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs as well as Professor of Liberal Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Becker has published numerous articles and books on cultural criticism including : The Invisible Drama : Women and the Anxiety of Change (1987) . Zones of Contention : Essays On Art, Institutions, Gender, and Anxiety (1996) . and Thinking in Place : Art, Action, and Cultural Production (2009). STUDIO VISIT : Also known as the Dream Factory, Daan Roosegaarde's studio is located in a former glass manufacturing building in the harbour of Rotterdam. Photographers OSSIP VAN DUIVENBODE and WILLEM DE KAM documented the artist's creative process and how prototypes and models turn into public space commissions for cities around the world. ARTIST'S WRITINGS : DAAN ROOSEGAARDE's writings are an extension of his practice, and are an invaluable source of information to better understand his vision and his objectives. Included in this book is a prevously unpublished text recounting some of the experiences that lead him to see art as a force to resolve environmental issues.

Sommaire:
Carol Becker is Dean of Faculty and Professor of the Arts at Columbia University in New York.Nico Daswani is the head of arts & culture at the World Economic Forum in Geneva.Fumio Nanjo is the director of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo....