Joseph Smolinski "Tree Turbine"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/libbyrosof/2755106652/ I discovered this artist's work at the lecture on Tuesday as well. What I love about this piece is its functionality. I like the idea of artists creating things with a specific and useful task. The idea behind the "Tree Turbine" is that it is a solution to the complaint the wind turbines are too ugly, so like the cell-phone tower tree, Smolinski designed a Tree Turbine.