Mags Harries & Lajos Héder’s concept proposal for the Palm Beach County Convention Center Courtyard.
Mags Harries & Lajos Héder with Connie Roy-Fisher are pleased to have been selected for the North Courtyard Enhancements Public Art Project at the Palm Beach County Convention Center!
“The truly spectacular moments at the Light Gate only occur twice a year on January 27th and November 14th. It’s on these dates that the setting sun shines right through the hole like a cosmic key,” writes Samreeve on Light Gate. Full Article: http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/light-gate
Mags Harries & Lajos Héder’s SunFlowers, An Electric Garden was selected as the imagery for the 2016 Renewable Energy Law conference presented by The University of Texas School of Law. The photo by David Newsome shows some of the 15 SunFlowers illuminated at night along I35 in Austin. SunFlowers, An Electric Garden generates energy for its own lighting, and the additional energy its solar collectors produce is fed into the electric grid.
Drones Are Changing How We See- And Think About- Our World by WBUR’s Curt Nickisch and Greg Cook included a conversation with Mags Harries about her recent work The Disappearing Drumlin, a drone collaboration with Boston Virtual Imaging.
The Disappearing Drumlin. Video projection on black sheepskin. Mags Harries. 2015.
Mags Harries created The Disappearing Drumlin for 34, a show about the Boston Harbor Islands at Boston Sculptors Gallery. The piece focuses on Sheep Island. Once nearly 30 acres in size, the island is now less than 3 acres as a result of waves lapping on its shores. The work features aerial drone video of Sheep Island by Matthew Murphy of Boston Virtual Imaging.
The sun sets perfectly in Light Gate twice a year- January 27th and November 14th. Shown is an image from January 27th, 2015. The public art installation in Manhattan Beach, CA opens February 2015.
Mags Harries and Lajos Héder’s work Xixi Umbrellas for the 2012 West Lake International Invitational Sculpture Exhibition in Hangzhou, China is featured in CODAmagazine: Water Forms. See it here.
Mags Harries and Lajos Héder created not one but seven ideas for their initial proposal for the Tidal Lagoon in Swansea Bay. All of their proposed tidal art sculptures would be activated by the unique conditions the Tidal Lagoon. Their proposal was given a two page spread in the catalogue produced by Cape Farewell showcasing the Tidal Lagoon proposals that were selected to the next round of the competition. Read more.
In “Greenway art proposal is unveiled” Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane describes Harries/Héder’s design Meeting Place for the “Tradition Cornerstone” of the Downtown Greenway in Greensboro, NC. To read the full article and to learn more about the project, follow the above links.