A civic spectacle that is almost never there.
View MoreLessCollaboration with artist Michael Jones McKean A collaboration between artist Michael Jones McKean, EL DORADO, and multiple engineers, The Rainbow generates actual prismatic rainbows at civic scale from recycled water. In the context of a global water crisis, The Rainbow ignites public imagination and advances popular understanding and acceptance of water recycling. The project’s impact can be measured on multiple fronts: as highly personal and collective artistic experiences for a broad public, and as a utilitarian and progressive model of water reclamation and reuse —underscoring the instrumental value of embedding artists’ perspectives within the most urgent and seemingly intractable challenges of our time. The Rainbow is a project whose legacy spans art, urban design, and multiple cities, and opens new possibilities for an aspirational approach to ecology, infrastructure, and public engagement.
- In progress
- Architect, Curator, Project Manager
- Omaha, NE
Commissioned by
- San Francisco Art Institute
Eldo Team
- Chris Burk
- Brock Traffas
- Hesse McGraw
Artist
- Michael Jones McKean
Collaborator
- Contractor: Oliver & Company
Press
- Designboom, Leigha db, “Manmade Recycled Rainbow by Michael Jones Mckean”, 2012
- Art Agenda, “Bemis Center Presents Michael Jones McKean”, 2012
- Huffpost, Priscilla Frank, “Michael Jones McKean To Build Rainbow Over Bemis Center For Contemporary Arts”, 2012
- Omaha Magazine, Suzanne Smith Arney, “Michael Jones McKean’s Rainbow: Mischievous Magic on Display”, 2012
- Juxtapoz, “Homemade Rainbows by Michael Jones McKean”, 2012
- Inhabitat, Bridgette Meinhold, “Solar-Powered Machine Creates Rainbows From Recycled Rainwater”, 2010