Adam Frank will work as artist-in-residence at Seattle City Light, where he will study the utility's energy conservation programs and develop a series of innovative projects to bring awareness to energy conservation.
"Sunlight" by Adam Frank
Adam Frank will work as artist-in-residence at Seattle City Light, where he will study the utility’s energy conservation programs and develop a series of innovative projects to bring awareness to energy conservation.
A peer-selection panel chose Frank from more than 60 applicants from across the country. The conservation and sustainability residency begins in November and runs through December 2012.
Adam Frank
One of Frank’s first major projects will be to develop an interactive artwork designed to educate and inspire people to incorporate sustainability into their lives. It will be unveiled at Seattle Center in April 2012 as part of The Next Fifty celebration. Frank will also work with City Light partner programs such as the Seattle Office of Sustainability’s Community Power Works program in Seattle’s central and southeast neighborhoods.
Frank is a New-York based artist whose work involves an ongoing investigation of light, interactivity and the perception of nature. His projects are site-specific, customized and bring a mix of technology, with performance qualities that involve the spectator and reach a broad audience. Recent installations include Performer at the Times Square Alliance in New York, N.Y.; Spectator in Rochester, N.Y.; Sunlight in Denver, Colo.; and exhibitions in Sweden and London.
You can see some of his work on his website.
The residency is funded with Seattle City Light 1% for Art funds administered by the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs. Frank will receive $15,000 for the first three months of the residency. About $140,000 is available for artwork projects by Frank and other artists in the next nine months.