Set foot just about anywhere on this planet other than China, Russia, and Iran, and you're likely to find some kind of U.S. base, installation, or shared facility, and some news that goes with it, though you could pay endless attention to the U.S. media and never know that.
Renewable energy is the future, but at present no one is tracking just who's got solar panels on their roof, in their back yard, or a shared neighborhood installation.
To tackle the problem, the agency has provided $900,000 to a $2.6m project aimed at producing a governance model for shared solar installations.
Among the 60 or so works on view will be "Shared Fate," an installation of bread, newspapers, a necktie, shoelaces, etc., which have been whacked by the same guillotine that beheaded Marie Antoinette.
While we designed the experience as primarily a solitary experience, it is interesting to explore how participants might interact with more than one person in the room, since actions are "shared" within the installation, with collaborative action required to engender specific effects.
Their thoughts were shared in the installation's accompanying booklets.
The feedback that I've had from people who saw the installation shared what I would have hoped for.
French duo Justice shared a live installation music video today for their ebullient, italo disco-influenced single "Randy" directed by visual effects artist Thomas Jumin.
The top floor is shared by 11 installations in glass, copper, gold and found objects by Giorgio Vigna, and by "My Wild Places," 40 magnificent photographs by the Venetian-born Luca Campigotto, of mountains, deserts, polar wildernesses and oceans.
It's astounding how quickly processing power is migrating out of personal computers into monster installations shared by a lot of customers.
