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 

OFFICIALLY AMAZING - LARGEST PARADE OF ELECTRIC CARS - NEW GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

The Guinness Word Record attempt held on September 21st 2014 has been officially recognized!
KPMG found 160 Electric Cars that was part of the parade, to live up to the rules set for the record.



The Video

The above photo by John Krøll shows the parade as it enters Peberholmen as part of Øresund Bridge.

The above banner was displayed as part of the event.

On that very same day in New York City, the People's Climate March took place. The above spread is from the newspaper called "Planet News" that was distributed during the march, by the people behind Center for Planetary Culture. If you click on the above image you can read more about CO2 Green Drive, under the image of the Electric DeLorean and Intentional Art headline.



The above video about Cool Construction/Byens Hegn that is a Copenhagen Urban Street Art Initiative.

On October 10th 2014, there will be an Awards Ceremony on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. It happens to be on the same day as Copenhagen's "Night of Culture", where many thousand people roam the streets to engulf themselves in Culture. The above image is the artwork created by Will Gurley and Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen, and will be created in collaboration with Svend Sømod, Lasse Bentzen, Anna Vibe and Christian Rømer Riis of Grounded Craft Work. The Award Show will be hosted by Hollywood actress and Film Producer Kristina Korsholm and Sharing Copenhagen's own Jacob Hartmann.

The CO2 symbol was initially created by nearly 100 Electric Cars for the first CO2 E - Race/CO2 Green Drive Performance in connection to COP15 in 2009. In above image you can see the CO2 GPS tag that was shown LIVE on the Globe on Rådhuspladsen. More HERE.

The 3D CO2 painting will be placed in the above spot, where the event will also be held.




The colors of the KNOxOUT Paint that will be used for the artwork is "A Breeze of Grey" and "Purifying White". The painting is 4 x 4 meters and according to the producers of the paint, it will be equal to planting 16 threes. See more in below video.



See the above paint LIVE and Come and Join the event!

More about the Facebook event page HERE

UPDATE! 

Will Gurley in front of the 3D CO2 Painting

The CO2 3D painting next to The Electric Bridge Banner 

See how it all went down HERE!