If you’ve never been there, The Bakken Museum is a one-of-a-kind museum exploring the mysteries of our electrical world. The Bakken’s Green Energy Art Garden, started with a grant from Metro CERT, showcases innovative art that demonstrates that renewable energy generation can be fun, beautiful, and thought-provoking—as well as functional.
The Green Energy Art Garden will be on the museum’s rooftop terrace. Four local artists were selected and have begun development of the outdoor gallery. The exhibit will be unveiled and supporting programming will be offered during the museum’s free summer festival, 10 Best Days of The Bakken, July 15-24, 2011. The opening is on Friday, July 15, 5:00-8:00.
The artists and selected projects:
- Mayumi Amada: The Secret Flower Garden is a collection of LED flowers made from recycled bottles. Powered by the sun and wind from pinwheels, it illuminates a kaleidoscope of possibilities for renewable energy.
- Daniel Dean, Ben Moren, and Emily Stover: The Sonic Articulation of Sunbeams is a solar-powered acoustic sculpture. It explores sound amplification, converting solar power into rhythms and allowing visitors to “hear” solar energy.
- Marjorie Pitz: The Solar Spitters are water gardens that illustrate solar energy and healthy ecosystems. Whimsical goblins spit water into the air while visitors use their shadows to turn the spray on and off.
- Peter Sowinski and Lucas Koski: The Rain Fall Arbor System plays interactively with water runoff and solar power. Visitors aim a telescope at the sun to activate water pumps and watch rain fall on the museum’s skylight.
For more information about the Green Energy Art Garden contact Kelly Finnerty at 612-926-3878 ext. 215 or finnerty@thebakken.org.
