Umeå Map

I made this big map of Umeå, and I used it in a Brainstorming Session at the Design School, and I also put it in the Annual Open House (An event where the school is opened to be visited by people in Umeå).

I asked people to indicate in the map with this stickers, their favourite places in Umeå, the places they would place a sculpture and the most romantic place in Umeå.

At the end it was pretty clear to see that people is so attached to the River and the Lake and It was so rich also the information I got from people only by talking with them at the Open House!.

Electric Sphere

Electric Sphere from Anthony Howe on Vimeo.

This is an example of a sculpture that produce energy from the wind to trigger some light reactions, it is really nice and quiet at the same time.

Kinetic sculptures by Theo Jansen

Wind Farm from chaz golding on Vimeo.

Amazing work by Theo Jansen, sculptures that live from the wind and made of recycled materials. This is a topic I am researching, about kinetic sculptures.

Blackbird

Blackbird in the musical "Across the Universe", I love the scene together the music with the water and the old architecture, it really inspire me for the project.

Roundabout Dogs in Sweden

Talking with Mattias, about people involved in the creation of art pieces or movements.

This is a nice reaction from people in Sweden,  It happens when a dog sculpture made of concrete (1st image above) was victim of vandalism, it was broken and removed, so people started creating dogs all around Sweden as a reaction to this...

The first installation was made by Stina Optiz in Linköping, Östergötland with the name of "Circulation II" and it was located on a roundabout.

Some Books I looked at for Inspiration

Definitely grafiti is one of my inspirations since it is the pure expression for people in the cities

totaly free and accesible to the public that transits around the city.

Snow Sculpture Contest

I participated on the snow scuplture contest here in Umeå,  I wanted to do it since last year when I just saw the sculptures, and it goes perfectly with my project research, since I had the chance to make a sculpture for Umeå, as a good example of an open source model that gives people the chance to express their creativity with snow. I have also the chance to be closer to the people in Umeå and hear their comments about the proposal.  So It was a great experience!!.