The Giant Laser Clouds of Helsinki

LISA KATAYAMA — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:20:45 PST

The entire city of Helsinki, Finland gets its hot water and energy from the Salmisaari power plant. And now its towering smokestacks are about to become a giant laser light show. During the last week in Februrary, a group of French artists will beam a laser ray at the plume of vapor emissions from the plant, which they hope will call attention to the amount of emissions the city is spewing into the air. Here you can see a previous version of the art project, in Dunkerque. They've created a mockup of what the Helsinki clouds will look like, below.

The project is called Nuage Vert. Image by HeHe

Nuage Vert via Core77

Coming Soon: Nature As Amusement Park

LISA KATAYAMA — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:00:18 PST

Finnish artist Ilkka Halso believes that, once we're done depleting the ozone, destroying the rainforests, and using up all arable land, nature will be on view in amusement parks, kinda like zoo animals—glorified yet completely devoid of purpose. Below are more images of nature amusement parks from the future.

Images by Ilkka Halso

Ilkka Halso via The Aesthetic Poet

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The Giant Laser Clouds of Helsinki

Coming Soon: Nature As Amusement Park