Power utility CEM and Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) Faulty of Humanities and Arts have recently partnered up to decorate the city’s pillar boxes and customer substations.
The “Electricity x Culture and Creativity” campaign was initially launched in 2017 as part of CEM’s effort to work with local art groups to “revitalise” their pillar boxes with art, and since then, the pillar boxes have become popular photo-taking hotspots.
The latest activity saw 13 students from MUST transform low-voltage pillar boxes around the peninsula and Taipa into public artworks.
MUST Faculty of Humanities and Arts Vice Dean Samantha Chiang said that the faculty has been committed to cultivating talents for artistic innovation and design, as well as serving the community and promoting the development of humanities and arts in the city.
Out of the many entries of paintings and illustrations, a number of artworks with iconic urban and cultural features were selected to be painted on pillar boxes.
These impressions of Macau interpreted from an artistic perspective are now scattered across the city as in the distribution of electricity to showcase and convey to the public Macau’s image and visual information on a hexahedron.
People can scan the QR code on the pillar boxes or visit CEM website www.cem-macau.com for details of the activity and information about the artworks.
CEM advises the public not to touch or paint the pillar boxes and customer substations by themselves as the energised equipment comes with certain risks, and people who took part in the “Electricity x Culture and Creativity – Pillar Box Revitalisation with Art” campaign were briefed about the safety precautions and safety measures were in place during the painting process.
– cempr
This photo provided by CEM shows one of the pillar boxes “revitalised” by MUST students last year.
