Visualise the invisible
Photo: Anneke van de VusseFloating in St Jørgens Lake in Copenhagen, the CO2 Cube is a sculpture of light and sound, mirrored in the calm waters, displaying stunning pictures of landscapes
By Katie Day
Constructed from 12 shipping containers stacked in an interlocking pattern on a custom made barge, the installation is proving to be a head turner.
Multimedia messages from around the world and solutions for reducing our carbon footprint will be displayed on the cube throughout COP15.
Executive Director of Millennium ART, Mia Hanak said the cube visualises the invisible, the amount of CO2 that an average person in an industrialised country emits each month.
“We wanted to engage the public on the effects of climate change. It is the size of a three-story building measuring 8.2m x 8.2m x 8.2m,” Mia said.
“What we hope to achieve in these two weeks is to impact as many people on the ground, capture what we have here and get it out to the rest of the world.”
Partner of the arts for the United Nations Department of Public Information, Millennium ART also teamed with artists, architects, scientists and technologists from around the world to create the CO2 Cube.
