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Who says art isn’t practical? And who knew artists and scientists could play so well together? Watch how several artists have joined forces with scientists and other green experts in New York City, to create beautiful ecological tools that we all can use to live greener lives. These tools are public art to be employed by the public to calculate, understand and take action in many areas: your own energy use; the impact of choosing different kinds of transportation; air pollution in your own neighborhood.

Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology in New York City has provided the fertile laboratory where this creative ecological action takes place. Exploration in environmental public art there ranges from robotics to screen-based work to architecture and design. These artists are bridging the gap between theory and practice – with style.

Audience participation is vital to these artists’ projects, so please join RiverWired as we take a look at these state-of-the-art creations. Check out the artists’ web sites to learn more about these projects – and let us know what you think.

• Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology

• Preemptive Media - Air

• Personal Kyoto

• The Real Costs

• Superfund 365

• Revolution Door

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