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

[Dale Hudson]

Thanks, Jeff + Wendy, for sharing information on The Moth Project.

I love the ways that your projects bring use elements of playfulness and live performance to open discussion on very serious issues that are so often dismissed as unimportant. 

I also love that this project involves collaboration between humans and insects in this project, which helps to foreground the knowledge of moths and bees that humans have not really incorporated into their (our) ways of thinking and acting as part of the ecosystem.

I was asking about indigenous nations because I hear so often about large corporations rushing to steal indigenous knowledge for pharmaceuticals, super foods, etc. 

Best,
Dale


On Nov 6, 2015, at 22:05, Jeff Schmuki <jschmuki at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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
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> 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
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