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Invited Artist: Ecoismi Environmental Art Exhibition, Pioltello, Milano, Italy
Material: 7 star constellations, 7 species of birds, perforated steel bowls, tape, metal fasteners
The work comments on the ecological and aesthetical problems of light pollution. Migrating birds navigate by using stars but because of light pollution the stars are in some places impossible to see. Nightflight offers “flight maps” to migrating birds. Each sphere contains a specific constellation to direct a certain species of bird to help them stay on their flight path during migration. The work uses the sun in the day and the streetlights at night to light up the artificial star sky.
Invited Artist: Ecoismi Environmental Art Exhibition, Pioltello, Milano, Italy
Material: 7 star constellations, 7 species of birds, perforated steel bowls, tape, metal fasteners
The work comments on the ecological and aesthetical problems of light pollution. Migrating birds navigate by using stars but because of light pollution the stars are in some places impossible to see. Nightflight offers “flight maps” to migrating birds. Each sphere contains a specific constellation to direct a certain species of bird to help them stay on their flight path during migration. The work uses the sun in the day and the streetlights at night to light up the artificial star sky.