Futuresonic

Nuage Vert

Documentation of a large scale environmental artwork awarded a Golden Nica by Prix Ars Electronica in which a laser projection illuminates a cloud of vapour emissions produced by a power plant in Helsinki.  The shape of the laser image follows a thermal image of the emissions, visualising the amount of heat emitted whilst the size of the projection makes visible power consumption in the local area. Working in partnership with the power station, it creates a beautiful spectacle in the sky, helping to make visible complex facts about the environment. The power station is selected close to a residential area. Local residents are invited on one evening to switch off from the grid by turning off all electrical appliances and coming out onto the streets to view the artwork. A large and noticeable dip in electricity demand was achieved on its first presentation. FutureEverything are currently researching the possibility of presenting the project in the UK.

The Wheel

A gallery installation of a single train track and an artist made construction for autonomous, personalised transport. The Wheel is an artwork that offers an outlandish vision of an alternative transport system. The one wheeled train is a part of a series of artworks by HeHe which have interrogated our understanding of mechanised transport.

Biography

HeHe is a Paris based art and design partnership set up in 1999 by Helen Evans and Heiko Hansen. Using a language based on light, sound and image, their practice explores the relationship between the individual and their architectural and urban environment.

Their work has been presented in contemporary art exhibitions, design shows, media art festivals and technology research conferences such as the Palazzo delle Papesse in Sienna, the Centre Georges Pompidou, CynetArt Festival in Dresden and the Pervasive Computing Conference. Alongside commissions and exhibitions, they have taught at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Italy, the National School of Industrial Design in Paris (Les Ateliers), and the University of Amsterdam.

http://www.hehe.org/