[NetBehaviour] Bayennale 2005, EarthMan and AirPort

[Dion Laurent]

Bayennale: Bay Area International Art Festival
July 22 to Aug 7, 2005

Airport  An Installation and Performance Project
By
Dion Laurent

          In a world of ever increasing air pollution, ozone action days,
water shortages and droughts, I have created Air Port.

Theoretically, it's a self-contained, self-sustaining bio-environment; a
one-room emergency Air-Port supplied air via ducts from the
oxygen-generating Waterfall Air Terrarium.  A small exhaust fan in the room
vents out cool and heavy CO2 to the Waterfall Air Terrarium, and fan and
airduct delivers the warm humid oxygenated air of the terrarium to the
shipping container - a simple biosphere exchange system.

So what is the AirPort really for.  Well, EarthMan, the traveling reforester
of deforestation has only a limited supply of Air in his AirTerrarium
BackPack Air Supply System, so the AirPort is his survival pod, his base of
comfort, research and plant propogation. Yes, he is the guy in the silver
reflective suit with the Terrarium BackPack Oxygen/Air support system.  He
travels the world planting trees..

Inside The Air Port, the Personal Air Stations supply fresh filtered Oxygen
via the terrarium concept, both with an electric fan and medical oxygen mask
delivery system.  As well, an Air/Water component provides both air and
water decidedly to service human beings and other living things.

Again, literally yet theoretically for an indoor installation, the roof of
the Air Port is oversized to provide a sufficient surface area for rain
run-off to supply water for the terrariums, the Air/Water component, and for
the Waterfall Air Terrarium component.  Run-off is directed through gutters
to a cistern and then on to a row of 5 gallon water bottles with sand and
charcoal filters before dripping onward to each component of the
installation.  Inside the Air Port there will be a bar with stools in which
people may have fresh filtered water on tap.

The Waterfall Air Terrarium and each terrarium of the Air Port shall be
created as an indigenous bio-environment of the Bay Area.  The waterfall,
stream and pond will include rocks from along the San Francisco Bay.  As
well, the soil for the Waterfall Terrarium and each of the terrariums for
this project will be from along the banks of the San Francisco Bay.  The
plant species will be indigenous to the Bay Area, and a variety of species
of non-invasive and harmless insects and reptiles, and small fish for the
Waterfall Air Terrarium may be included in the terrariums.  The water used
throughout the project will be locally collected rainwater. A small electric
pump will circulate the water from the pond to the top of the waterfall, and
one electric fan will pump filtered air from the Waterfall Air Terrarium to
a row of medical oxygen masks.


The Air Port is essentially a one-stop pit stop shop for fresh air and
water.  Or rather, on a beautiful day when the entire world is at peace, it'
s just a paradise, a self-contained, self-sustaining bio-environment, a
World in A Room.

Dion Laurent

July 2005



AirPort is among 14 shipping containers arranged in a circle facing inwards
with an 80 foot diameter interior  performance area.

The Container Hub is located in Jack London Square next to Jack London's
rebuilt Alaskan Cabin.

Shizuka and I will be at the installations Thurs through Sunday 11:00 - 4:00
PM each day through August 7.  I will perform on occassion each day as
EarthMan.

The Bayennale closing celebrations party will be at the Container
Installation Hub in Jack London Square next to Jack London's rebuilt Alaskan
Cabin.

Closing Party is from 4:00 - 9:00 PM, Sunday August 7


AirPort and EarthMan Photos

 http://www.dionlaurent.com/bayennale.htm


 http://www.dionlaurent.com/AirPort/index.htm


As well, I will be performing in Partici-Parade and Black Rock Arts
Foundation community arts festival July 31st This Sunday.  I will plant a
tree in Hayes green next to the David Best Temple installation.

The Black Rock Roller disco will provide roller skates and skating music and
the costume-clad Burning Man mobile art "pARTiciPARADE!" will join the
festivities around 2:30PM. Gathering at Hippy Hill in Golden Gate Park at
12:30



For two weeks in July and August, the San Francisco Bay Area will play host
to artists from all over the world who will come to participate in the first
ever Bayennale, Bay Area International Art Festival. Modeled after the
biennials held in London and Berlin, the Bayennale is an artist-fueled event
coordinated by artists under the guidance of Lowell Darling, Bill Allen and
instigators including, The Lab of San Francisco,  Marianne Wagner-Simon of
Berlin., and  the direction of Elisabeth Beaird. Sponsored by the Port of
Oakland.

www.bayennale.com






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Dion Laurent
2022 Jeddo Road
Rosanky, Texas
78953
U.S.A

tel. (830) 839-4710

www.dionlaurent.com
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