[spectre] Terra-Forming

[valery grancher]

check my project here:
http://www.fondation.cartier.fr/projet_web/long38/

it is delaing with this kind of concept on the moon,
and it is a part of the permanent collection of la Fondation Cartier in 
Paris

hearing from you soon

cheers


Valery Grancher
http://www.nomemory.org



>From: "G.H. Hovagimyan" <ghovagimyan@hotmail.com>
>To: spectre@mikrolisten.de
>Subject: [spectre] Terra-Forming
>Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 17:16:13 +0200
>
>
>
>Andreas Broeckmann wrote:
>>
>>folks,
>>i just had a question from a friend who wanted to know whether there are
>>art projects that deal with the phenomenon of 'terra forming', i.e. the
>>establishment of living environments on other planets. i suggested the 
>>ass.
>>of autonomous astronauts, seti@home and erik davis' 'techgnosis', but 
>>maybe
>>somebody knows of projects that are actually closer to what she is looking
>>for?
>>greetings,
>
>GH Comments:
>There's an early environmental piece by Alan Sonfist  here in New York 
>city.
>  It's at the corner of La Guardia place and Houston street.  It's called
>Time Landscape.  It was created around 1970.  The piece is a small slice of
>land that reproduces the plant forms and eco-systems that existed before
>Europeans colonized Manhattan.  It's not Terra-forming on a sci-fi scale 
>but
>it is real.  Botanists and other scientists have found that after a period
>of time the balance of the eco-system was securely established. Obviously
>it's become a habitat for wild life and quite a few surprises in the 
>species
>of plants that have interdependancies.
>
>
>
>
>
>G.H. Hovagimyan
>Experimental Digital Art
>http://artnetweb.com/gh
>http://www.biddingtons.com/content/creativehovagimyan.html
>http://artnetweb.com/gh/heartbreak.html
>
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