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Alien Energy in Land Art Generator Initiative book

newenergies_coverWe are delighted to announce that Laura Watts and Brit Ross Winthereik have a joint-written article in the newly launched book from the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI).

LAGI is an art-architecture competition, held this year in Copenhagen, which aims to imagine the design and construction of public art installations that uniquely combine aesthetics with utility-scale clean energy generation.

The book, New Energies: Land Art Generator Initiative, Copenhagen, accompanies the competition and features a selection of the best entries from architects and designers around the world, alongside thought-provoking writing.

Read the article

Listen to the Energy Walk

energywalk_album_logoThe ‘Energy Walk’ is now available to listen to, in both Danish and English.

The ‘Energy Walk’ weaves together the landscapes of the Danish Wave Energy Center, in Hanstholm, Denmark, with other landscapes at the energy edge: marine energy in Orkney, Scotland, and geothermal energy in Iceland. It tells stories and offers dreams of sustainable energy futures from our research project Alien Energy at the IT University of Copenhagen.

The walk begins at Færgegrillen, Hanstholm Havn, Denmark, where you can borrow a beautiful, carved wooden, digital walking stick (until 1 November 2014). From there you can immerse yourself in the experience of walking the grassy sand dunes, and harbour-side.

The walk is in six chapters. Start the next chapter when you reach a post in the landscape with the ‘Alien Energy’ sign.

For those who are unable to visit the seascape of Hanstholm, you can listen to the audio on Soundcloud, which is available here on the web, or you can download the Soundcloud app to listen to the albums on your phone:

Listen to EnergiVandring (Dansk)_

Listen to Energy Walk (English)_

Photo Archive from Iceland Workshop

We have just created a photo archive from the Alien Energy Iceland Storytelling Workshop, held in October 2013. It was an incredibly insightful and fascinating few days. Thanks to our excellent advisory board, and storytellers, for so much inspiration. Click on the image to see the slide show.