THE 3D CO2 PAINTING SCULPTURE AT KONGENS NYTORV

On October 10^th in connection with Copenhagen Night of Culture, an Award Show to hand over the official Guinness World Record Certificates done on September 25th, was held on Kongens Nytorv in the centre of Copenhagen. Other than the Award show, it was also the opening/revealing of the 3D CO2 Painting. The painting is the 3D illustration of the CO2 route through Copenhagen that was done in 2009 in connection to COP15. The following images are from the building of the artwork and from the Award Show. The above video is made by Adam & Benjamin of Hovedløs

The artwork was produced in collaboration with Christian Riis (above) of Grounded Craftwork on the Islands Brygge District of Copenhagen.

Glue Spirals was done to connect the different layers of plywood. The Glue was supplied by Dana Lim.

It was a great puzzle to connect the many layers and road layers

Lasse Daugaard Bentzen assisted in the production

Familiar shapes showed up

Shapes seen in other cities skylines

The white primer supplied by Danish company Beck & Jørgensen

The White and Grey KNOxOUT paint was supplied by Boysen Paints in the Philippines

The Grey layer was rolled on top of the first layer of White



The ORANGE CO2 route painted into the Copenhagen Street landscape

Jacob Hartmann from Sharing Copenhagen gave a helping hand

The 16 square meters was added, one by one. In above image Jesper Fuglsang Mikkelsen in the brown leather jacket, while his son Adam Benjamin is up on the ladder filming the process.

The Copenhagen Night of Culture fell upon Kongens Nyorv (The Kings New Square)

To lighten up the wall, a Tesla Model S from Carl Nielsen, a BMW i3 and several electric scooters and MC's from EV Scandinavia used their electric headlights.

The Hollywood Actress and Producer Kristina Korsholm hosted the Award Show

Sten Jauer of LAND Design Lab, who designed the logo for the Electric Bridge - Guinness World Record event also came by the event.

The Electric Bridge Banner was also up for a weekend after the opening.

Will Gurley (above) who is the mastermind behind the design of the map over Copenhagen. He also created ther files, to be transferred into a digital form that can be turned into instructions for the laser cutter to cut out the city from the plywood.

Aligned

Night - LED Light lit up by solar Power from Gaia Solar

The Information Sign supplied by Cotter, who also helped laser cut out the shapes in the plywood.

To read the text, click the image to enlarge

Close up of KNOxOUT

Close Up 2

Above the whole line up of THANKS TO the collaborating partners. Click on image to enlarge.

Many Thanks also to Mimi Larsson from METRO and her Byens Hegn Team and We Do Agency 

FIVE CO2 TAGS AROUND ØRESUND - VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE!

The Copenhagen CO2 Tag

Yrs Truly taking off towards Helsingør from Christiansborgs Slotsplads

The Helsingør CO2 Tag

The Amazing Grace Electric Bike with Øresund and Windmills in the Horizon

The Helsingborg CO2 Tag

The Helsinborg CO2 Tag done in collaboration with local Environmental Politician

Taking off from Helsingborg towards Landskrona

The Landskrona CO2 Tag

The CO2 Tag in Landskrona done in collaboration with local Politician

The last CO2 Tag done by Electric Bikes was done in Malmø.

The Malmø CO2 tag done in collaboration with Elin Brokvist from "Grøna Bilister"

Winn some good stuff by going HERE to vote for the Tag you think is best and be part of the Competition
hosted by Copenhagen's Municipality "Grønne Erhverv"

THE 13TH OF DECEMBER 2009 VERSION OF THE CO2 PERFORMANCE IN COPENHAGEN

Two Tesla's, a Mini Hummer and a Biofuel run Novozymes Volvo lining up in front of Forum before the start of the CO2 Painting Performance. Each electric car was handed a TracTrac GPS modul on a silver platter by Mr Green, to use as paint when driving the CO2 route.


The Lynx on the Catwalk on Copenhagen's main Square Rådhuspladsen


The snake of cars over Queen Louise's Bridge with neon lights telling the date in the background


Chris Paine, the Director of the Documentary Film "Who Killed The Electric Car", documenting the project for his next film "The Revenge of the Electric Car"


Danish Man of Adventure, Hjalte Tin talks about his CO2 friendly vehicle that he will drive around the world in.


The Hopenhagen Globe with the CO2 Tag being drawn on by the almost 100 CO2 friendly cars and their GPS, projected by five projectors. The GPS moduls from TracTrac sent live information to the projector that screened the actual cars realtime as they moved through the streets in one long parade.

Above the CO2 tag on COWI's photo over Copenhagen and Tratrac's webinterface, showing each car on the right side, each with a different color dot and virtually painting one layer each og the final line.

Two Tesla's in fron t of The Danish National Art Gallery, shot by John Krøll as part of his 360 PAN-X documentation of the project.


Image shot out of the back window of the Electric Arriva Bus that the CO2 E - Race Crew, The Mr. Green Crew and the General Secretary of the Danish Cultural Institute Finn Andersen was all inside of during the performance.