Bird / Model to intervene artistically and fold
You are invited to take part in this initiative which has the objective of showing the decrease in the population of the Red Knot/ Playero rojizo (Calidris canutus), a coastal migratory bird that travels thousands of kilometers every year, from Canada to the south of Argentina. From October to March, it lives on the beaches of Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, where it feeds, rests and changes its feathers. In the year 2000 we were visited by 7000 Red Knot’s. In 2013, only 100. The causes of this decrease are due to the modification of the structure of the beaches because of the establishment of quarries, housing developments and recreational activities (dogs, quads), which alter the resting places of these birds.
We hope to have 5000 paper Red Knot’s that will symbolize
the individuals that we no longer see on our coasts.
The pieces of work
received will form part of a group art installation called "Levantando
Vuelo",/ which will be
mounted at the Museo Fueguino de Arte in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina;
during the month of October 2014 within
the Atlantic Coastal Reserve Bird Festivity.
Unload your model and print it out. Perform your artistic intervention and fold to make your paper bird.
Send it by post to:
Exhibition "Levantando Vuelo" Postal Art
Post Box nº 56
Río
Grande
Tierra
del Fuego
Argentina
CP(V9420)
Include name of the author, email and postal address.
No selection, no judging, no returning.
Date: from
March 1st. to September
20th. , 2014.
