STARS by cosimo scotucci, a catalyst for carbon sequestration
Conceptualized as a cluster of glowing globes, STARS is an artwork set up by Cosimo Scotucci that goals to reinvigorate city landscapes by mimicking the sunshine wanted for flora to thrive. The mission initially responds to the worldwide plan of mitigating local weather change by means of reforestation tasks being carried out worldwide. Reforestations boosts carbon sequestration — i.e, the elimination of atmospheric CO2 — by rising photosynthesis, whereby crops flip gentle, water, and carbon dioxide into oxygen and vitality.
‘But, is there a way to boost this natural process of carbon sequestration? To carry out the global plan […], we need to heal and support the existing flora. A stressed plant doesn’t carry out at its finest,’ writes Scotucci.
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mimicking photo voltaic radiation wavelengths
Following his reflections, Cosimo Scotucci (see extra right here) conceived the STARS set up to help the metabolic means of crops. The result’s a composition of luminescent fiberglass globes suspended from bushes that naturally gentle up at night time.
These globes mimic photo voltaic radiation wavelengths that crops soak up to develop and heal; inexperienced gentle is mirrored again whereas crimson and blue are absorbed to energy the vegetative metabolic course of. During the day, STARS absorbs and shops radiation coming from the solar. That saved vitality beams again in glowing crimson and blue tones at night time to present additional lifeblood to the encircling panorama.
The globes come in several sizes and are lifted at numerous heights to recall the shimmering night time sky. ‘For centuries and millennia, humans have been following the stars to navigate safely across the dark oceans; now, the STARS can help us navigate through this threatening time of change,’ concludes the artist. STARS by Cosimo Scotucci might be displayed in Italy in the summertime of 2022.
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title: STARS
design: Cosimo Scotucci
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