{"id":20394,"date":"2020-07-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designdiffusion.com\/2020\/07\/28\/e-gloo-the-installation-by-magenta-workshop-protesting-against-global-warming\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T15:55:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T13:55:46","slug":"e-gloo-the-installation-by-magenta-workshop-protesting-against-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designdiffusion.com\/en\/2020\/07\/28\/e-gloo-the-installation-by-magenta-workshop-protesting-against-global-warming\/","title":{"rendered":"E-gloo, the installation by Magenta Workshop protesting against global warming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magenta Workshop creates E-gloo, an installation to raise public awareness of global warming<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Israeli design studio MAGENTA Workshop<\/strong><\/a> has created a new installation exhibited at the<\/strong> MUSA museum in Tel Aviv<\/a><\/strong> for the <\/strong>first edition of Israel’s crafts and design biennale<\/strong><\/a>. E-gloo<\/strong>, this is the title of the work, is a stainless steel igloo that overheats in the sunlight<\/strong>. The project will be displayed until February 2021 and intends to raise public awareness of global warming and explore the relationship between man and nature<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Magenta Workshop, E-gloo. Ph: Dor Kedmi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

E-gloo is as big as a proper igloo, the dome-shaped shelter invented centuries ago by the Inuit to survive the freezing temperatures of the Arctic. Built by hand, it is completely clad with stainless steel mirrors<\/strong> reflecting the surrounding landscape. Completely closed, it is a sculpture that can be seen only from the outside. When the sun’s rays reflect on the installation, the stainless steel panels overheat and release heat<\/strong>. The igloo, used by man to survive low temperatures, is thus symbolically transferred to a place with opposite climatic characteristics.<\/p>\n

Discover also Solar Egg in Kiruna<\/a><\/strong>, the sauna with stainless steel shell<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Magenta Workshop, E-gloo. Ph: Dor Kedmi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While this installation absorbs heat without dissolving, glaciers are melting little by little, due to the abnormal increase in temperature. Therefore, E-gloo deals with a topical and disputed issue<\/strong>, trying to make people better understand the connection between global warming and mankind, and our responsibility in it.<\/p>\n

Below, other photographs and a video of<\/strong> E-gloo. All pictures are by Dor Kedmi, from the website of Magenta Workshop.<\/strong><\/p>\n