In the past two years, the trajectory of human life has faced significant challenges, and the same is true in the field of art. After museums and offline exhibitions almost suspend, artists move into larger spaces, using public installations to interact face-to-face with numerous strangers. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed everything, but love and art will not die, and we can still find some warmth in the corner of the city to work through the crisis and heal the grief together.

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Urban Sun

Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde, best known for his lighting and large-scale immersive art installations. He recently got a lot of attention with Urban Sun, which uses special lighting that has been scientifically proven to eliminate up to 99.9 percent of viruses in public places, making it safer for the human body. The installation, which resembles an artificial sun and fills an alien atmosphere, now stands above Rotterdam's Famous Erasmus Bridge.

Amid epidemics continue to occur and people are tired of restricted movements, societies now more rely on new solutions to restore social connections and intimacy. This is the core proposition of City Sun's lighting project.

"This is an inspiring project, and people are tired of COVID-19. We need the courage to find new solutions, to be able to safely reach out and rekindle intimacy, and that's what Urban Sun is doing."

Design: Studio Roosegaarde
Art Installation: Urban Sun

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As Long As the Sun Last

"As Long As the Sun Last" by American conceptual artist Alex Da Corte is on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The bluebird sitting on a crescent moon with a ladder is from Sesame Street and is covered in aluminum feathers that move in the wind as it passes by in a cleverly balanced structure.

Looking at the city, the playful language shows that people are constantly swinging between joy and hesitation under the epidemic. Moving and rotating with the wind also makes people feel their mood is not calm, but the final delicate balance may also indicate that we will keep faith in hope in the ups and downs. Don't sigh! How about just looking at the big cute bird and smiling.

Design: Alex Da Corte
Art Installation: As long as the sun last

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Suimei

"I wanted to present the landscape described by Ya Changming in the preface to The Abbot: 'The river is flowing and changing. The foam never stops gathering and dispersing. The same is true of people and their homes. "

As part of the Pavilion Tokyo 2021 project, Suimei is a "water Pavilion" that winds its way through Tokyo's Hamori Palace Garden. Suimei describes how beautiful clear water is in the moonlight and the slow water flow represents the connection between past, present and future. Calm waterway, look like a mirror from a distance, reflecting the sky and street scene. Go near, you can carefully observe the gentle flow of water, gazing at the slight waves, forget time, feel peaceful in mind.

Design: Kazuyo Sejima
Art Installation: Suimei

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A New Now

The clean lines, playful colors and slogan characters make every passer-by quickly lock the focus of their eyes in a piece of cement brick wall, hitting by color, knocking off the gloom and dullness in their brain.

London-based artist Morag Myerscough has created A New Now in her usual bright style, an urban installation on the Pompidou Square in central Paris. This brightly colored geometric shape is not graffiti on a wall but an eight-meter-tall sculpture. "A New Now" sends a constant call to people to pass on that positive attitude to their surroundings.

Design: Morag Myerscough
Art Installation: A New Now

In the face of the pandemic, designers worldwide are redefining the design of public spaces. They use different design languages to depict warmth, nature, hope, healing and power to resolve the negative impact caused by the epidemic, warm families, brighten lives, cheer for the fight against the COVID-19 and bless the world!

All images via Google.

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