SEA
AUTOTOPIA: Cars for a Better Tomorrow
April 8 - 30, 2011
EXTENDED! Open through August 5, 2011
In celebration of Earth Day on April 22, Exit Art is pleased to announce the opening of AUTOTOPIA: Cars for a Better Tomorrow, an exhibition that focuses on eco-friendly cars. This show, a project of SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics), investigates the history and future of alternative transportation in connection with political and environmental factors that have revolutionized the methods and technologies of transit.
The first electric car, made over 100 years ago, was invented soon after the combustion engine vehicle as a new mode of transportation. Today, electric cars are made to enhance our lives – through the integration of digital communication systems – and improve our future, by providing a solution to our energy crisis. Wireless Internet allows cars to connect and share data on traffic patterns, intelligently coordinating movements and keeping drivers connected to social networks. The reinvention of the automobile, and the infrastructures that make it possible, will not be easy – but it will be essential.
This exhibition coincides with Earth Day, and is organized concurrently with the CO2 E-Race, the culminating event of New York City’s Earth Day celebration. For more information on Earth Day New York, visit http://www.earthdayny.org/. Initiated in 2008, the CO2 E-Race (A Race for Climate Awareness) increases public awareness of global climate changes using CO2-friendly cars as a way to spread the message. The New York E-Race is a parade of eco-friendly cars through the streets of Manhattan; connected to GPS devices, their route can be tracked online and on the Toshiba jumbo screen in Times Square. The “E” shape formed by the parade draws attention to Earth Day and the electric car as the future of transportation, encouraging the public to “erase” climate change. For more information on the CO2 E-Race, visit http://www.co2erace.org/.
Organized by Herb Tam, Associate Curator, Lauren Rosati, Assistant Curator and curatorial interns Shifra Goldenberg, Julie Hanson, Yulia Khaitov, Centa Petersen, Jackie Siemon, Candace Strongwater, Frances Wilkinson, Margarita Yong Way, Terra Zenteno and Ying Zhu.
The first electric car, made over 100 years ago, was invented soon after the combustion engine vehicle as a new mode of transportation. Today, electric cars are made to enhance our lives – through the integration of digital communication systems – and improve our future, by providing a solution to our energy crisis. Wireless Internet allows cars to connect and share data on traffic patterns, intelligently coordinating movements and keeping drivers connected to social networks. The reinvention of the automobile, and the infrastructures that make it possible, will not be easy – but it will be essential.
This exhibition coincides with Earth Day, and is organized concurrently with the CO2 E-Race, the culminating event of New York City’s Earth Day celebration. For more information on Earth Day New York, visit http://www.earthdayny.org/. Initiated in 2008, the CO2 E-Race (A Race for Climate Awareness) increases public awareness of global climate changes using CO2-friendly cars as a way to spread the message. The New York E-Race is a parade of eco-friendly cars through the streets of Manhattan; connected to GPS devices, their route can be tracked online and on the Toshiba jumbo screen in Times Square. The “E” shape formed by the parade draws attention to Earth Day and the electric car as the future of transportation, encouraging the public to “erase” climate change. For more information on the CO2 E-Race, visit http://www.co2erace.org/.
Organized by Herb Tam, Associate Curator, Lauren Rosati, Assistant Curator and curatorial interns Shifra Goldenberg, Julie Hanson, Yulia Khaitov, Centa Petersen, Jackie Siemon, Candace Strongwater, Frances Wilkinson, Margarita Yong Way, Terra Zenteno and Ying Zhu.
ECO-FRIENDLY CAR SHOWCASE
Saturday, April 23, 2011 / 12-6pm
ONE DAY ONLY!
Following the CO2 E- Race, Exit Art will exhibit several participating electric and alternative energy cars in a showcase format. Tesla Motors will be showing an electric, zero-emissions Orange Roadster, which gets 245 miles per charge and goes from 0 to 60mph in 3.7 seconds. Novozymes will be exhibiting a bio-fuel vehicle, which turns agricultural enzymes into energy. Li-ion Motors will be showing the Inizio, the world's fastest all-electric car. A converted electric DeLorean will also be on view.
2pm: Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen, the organizer of the CO2 E-Race, will give a brief talk about the origins of the project and the environmental issues it seeks to address.
ONE DAY ONLY!
Following the CO2 E- Race, Exit Art will exhibit several participating electric and alternative energy cars in a showcase format. Tesla Motors will be showing an electric, zero-emissions Orange Roadster, which gets 245 miles per charge and goes from 0 to 60mph in 3.7 seconds. Novozymes will be exhibiting a bio-fuel vehicle, which turns agricultural enzymes into energy. Li-ion Motors will be showing the Inizio, the world's fastest all-electric car. A converted electric DeLorean will also be on view.
2pm: Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen, the organizer of the CO2 E-Race, will give a brief talk about the origins of the project and the environmental issues it seeks to address.
ABOUT SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics)
SEA is a diverse multimedia exhibition program that addresses social and environmental concerns. It assembles artists, activists, scientists and scholars through presentations of visual art, performances, panels and lecture series that communicate international activities concerning environmental and social activism. It provides a vehicle through which the public can be made aware of socially- and environmentally-engaged work, and a forum for collaboration among artists, scientists, activists, scholars and the public. SEA functions as an initiative where individuals can join together in dialogue about issues that affect our daily lives. Conceived by Exit Art Co-Founder / Artistic Director Papo Colo.