Sculpture in the Parklands
2002-2010
Brandon Ballengee (USA)
In July 2010, American bio-artist Brandon Ballengee spent two weeks engaging the public and researching the rich biodiversity of the bogland area. A large white canvas extended across the landscape along the waterways and path leading through the parklands. Ballengee’s Love Motel for Insects used ultra violet lights on the tabula rasa drawing the nocturnal insects into an amazing display exchange between visitors and this outdoor live insectarium. Previosuly seen around the world in tropical rain forests, inner city bus stops, Brownfield sites, Scottish Highlands, German city centres, and Venetian boats as part of the Venice Biennial Ballengee’s bio-event was an ongoing night time performance event at Lough Boora that documented the rich insect biodiversity in the landscape. The last week of the residency included a children’s education program and culminated with an Insect Festival and exhibition of artwork and insect documentation over the two preceding two weeks.
John Grande Art/Nature Dialogues
Exploring the boundaries between art, science and technology, Brandon Ballengée creates multidisciplinary works out of information generated from ecological field trips and laboratory research. Since 1996, Ballengée has collaborated with numerous scientists to conduct primary biological research and Ecological Artworks. A particular area of study is the occurrence of malformation and global declines of amphibians.
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