[-empyre-] week one | mobile apps and environmental performance

[Jeff Schmuki]

Hello Dale and All,
The Moth Project is a series of public nighttime events designed to attract
moths for pollination underscoring the decline of honeybee populations.
These interventions use small solar systems that power lights designed to
attract moths as well as other nighttime insects as an alternative to bees
for the pollination of food crops. Videos of moth wing patterns projected
on sculptural insect tents and nearby structures attract people. This
public art event combines art and sustainability with entomological and
horticultural research. At the end of longer stays, a field guide is
produced online and made available for free download giving the public a
means to reconnect with nature and what is occurring around the porch
light. See more about the project here:
http://www.monsantra.com/#!moths/c1qbm

With regard to indigenous rights, we have coordinated the Moth Project with
the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin at the Tsyunhehkwa farm site where sacred
food is farmed.  Most often, our work is unauthorized or street based
allowing us to reach a broad segment of society however we are doing more
gallery based work which can target specific communities.

Best,
Jeff + Wendy
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au/pipermail/empyre/attachments/20151106/00bdba5d/attachment.html>