Added May 2, 2007
Treasure of Seeds
An Exhibition of Contemporary Art
This is one of the last projet in whit i am been involved
The opening as been On the 13th of September 2008 is a world art exhibition in aid of the Global Crops Diversity Trust. Some 20 artists, myself included, have been invited to submit works with an environmental theme, which celebrates the Treasure of Seed.
The exhibition brings together three trusts each of which have an environmental and conservational focus- The Global Crop Diversity Trust, Jenolan Caves Reserve Trust and the Botanical Garden Trust.
It has been brought together at Australia’s iconic ‘Jenolan Caves’ to celebrate the efforts of the Global Crop Diversity Trust to provide a repository to protect the seeds of the world’s agricultural crops in the event of a cataclysmic world event.
The seed repository is housed in a man made cavern deep under a mountain on Svalbard, Norway- just 1000km from the North Pole!
Concept developer and curator, contemporary artist; Jacqueline Martin-Miller says: “The works have been invited to challenge and stimulate and to encourage dialogue and awareness in the communities. The artists share a common bond and individual awareness of eco-preservation, environmental and humanitarian awareness”.
Global Crop Diversity Trust executive board member; Emeritus Professor John Lovett, will give a special presentation at the exhibition’s official opening on Saturday the 13th September on Australia’s key role in the Global Crop Diversity Trust.
Professor John Lovett stated: “Australia was one of the first countries to recognise the importance of the concept of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and to make a substantial financial contribution towards the trust attaining its objectives”.
Professor Lovett will also give a presentation in a cave at Jenolan on Sunday the 14th September to emphasise the parallels of Jenolan as a place where the caves help provide an insight into the past and the way in which the man made cavern has been developed to preserve the treasures of today for the future.
To read more, please visit the Treasure of Seeds Website.
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