The Embarcadero
Electrified Earth by Jill KingThe Cool Globes project came to San Francisco, set up in Crissy Field, in 2008. Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet, is a public art exhibition designed to raise awareness of solutions to climate change. Cool Globes grew out of a commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2005, and was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 2006. It is their hope that the millions of people who have experienced the exhibit, leave with a vast array of solutions to climate change, and with one clear message….we can solve this.
The globes were prefabricated fiberglass and arrived at the artists studios ready to be transformed into their own vision. They are 7′ High and 5′ wide. They were later auctioned off. This particular globe on the Embarcadero is by artist Jill King, it is covered in colored sand, and glow-in-the-dark sand.
The artists themselves are not credited on the globes, this is the only sign you will find on all of them.
The piece is owned by the Gap Foundation and as of August of 2015, the globe has been removed.
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5 responses to “Electrified Earth”
Love the idea of embracing the solutions!
Very cool. I would imagine that is has an interesting texture being covered in sand.
There is some cool stuff on the Embarcadero!
Neat!
Cool globe!! I’ve always been fascinated by different styles of globes! Would love to have the space to collect them!!