RWE hands over two projects to the public: the Ruhr-Atoll and the MUS-E Laboratory, RWE AG
Release Date: 2010-05-20
With a lake festival and fireworks display, RWE officially handed over the "Ruhr Atoll" art project to the public in mid-May. The Ruhr-Atoll represents the core of RWE's contribution to the Capital of Culture 2010. The project was instigated by the conceptual artist Norbert Bauer. It consists of four artificial islands that together form a floating energy park on Lake Baldeney in Essen Werden. Projects to be seen on the islands measuring up to 300 square meters include, for instance, the "Project for Preserving our Natural Resources" by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, the "Teahouse" by Kazuo Katase and Michael Wilkens, the Submarine "I can, because I want to do what I must" by Andreas M. Kaufmann and Hans-Ulrich Reck as well as the "Iceberg" by Andreas Kaufmann and Lars Kindermann. All of these projects motivate visitors to think about the future of our energy resources and about climate change, encouraging observers to reflect on global challenges.
The Ruhr-Atoll forms a continuous landscape and can be seen from the shoreline as well as from the dam in Essen-Werden. Those wishing to observe the installation up close can access it under their own steam via pedalo boats.
Parallel to the Ruhr-Atoll, the MUS-E Laboratory of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Germany was opened on Brehm Island in Essen-Werden. Despite the pouring rain, approximately 150 children joined together to celebrate with the MUS-E patron, Angelika Ruettgers, the board of directors of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Germany and its cooperation partners. The MUS-E Laboratory is not only being supported financially by RWE; some 50 RWE trainees, including metalworkers and electrical engineers from the RWE training centres in Essen, Bochum and Recklinghausen, all pitched in with building the installations and sculptures.
Since February 2010, over 1,200 pupils from the Ruhr area have been able to experience first-hand what happens when art meets science. Together with MUS-E artists from a range of different disciplines as well as physicists from the University of Duisburg-Essen, they artistically explored the topic of "energy" during their class time and drew up plans for the eight energy stations of the MUS-E laboratory.
The Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Germany developed the concept for the MUS-E Laboratory as an art experiment in cooperation with the University of Duisburg-Essen, artistic director Diemut Schilling and sponsor RWE AG.
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| Company: | RWE AG |
| Country: | 德国 |