Exhibition: Endangered

Planetary Healing Artists Association of Australia Inc.

Where: ST.KILDA. Dog's Bar, 54 Acland St

When: Sun 6  Feb  -  12 Feb

Opening event: Sun  6  Feb 2pm-4pm - Lloyd has been invited to open this exhibition

"ENDANGERED" - an exhibition by local artists. Their works tell a story of a species of flora or fauna faced by the threat of extinction.

Do you know that half of the Australian animals are either in danger of being extinct or are extinct now?  
   
Artists communicating their concern for the living things that we share our world with. The exhibition asks that the viewer extend their horizon beyond our immediate interests.

By contemplating the beauty and richness of the beings that may be lost, Endangered opens a space for our understanding that we are part of something much larger, which fills us with awe and is worth protecting.

Species extinction is among the most neglected issues rising in the context of global Climate Change. Yet, it is certain that the rapid climatic changes predicted for the 21st Century and beyond will disrupt ecosystems around the world and will add many more animals and plants to the list of species threatened by extinction.

The world is a precious place. Endangered speaks to our sense of what may be lost if we continue to pursue a lifestyle that neglects the vulnerability of our living environment. Look at the SKY, the AIR belongs to the Birds, Butterflies, Trees and YOU. Your actions keep all clean and healthy. Whatever you do even right this minute is either good or bad for the ENVIRONMENT for NATURE and for YOU.

Planetary Healing Artists Association of Australia Inc.  
Info: [email protected] or phone Mia on 0415 552 488

Lloyd has this image - "Class I fication" in the exhibition

Already various factors including market forces have conspired, forcing farmers to grow high-performance mono-cultures. Jeremy Rufkin states "The Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) reports that of seventy-five kinds of vegetable grown in the United States, 97 percent of all the varieties have become extinct in less than eighty years. According to the RAFI study, of the 7,098 apple varieties grown in the United States between 1804 and 1905, 6,121 or 86.2 percent have since become extinct. Of the 2,683 pear varieties in use in the last century, 2,354 or 87.77 percent are now extinct. The grim statistics are repeated for every food crop". "Garrison Wilkes, professor of botany at the University of Massachusetts, says that the spread of modern agricultural practices is quickly destroying the genetic resources upon which it is built and likens the situation to "taking stones from the foundation to repair the roof". In the present environment, even this technology can not create useful new genes in the laboratory, biotechnological science needs as large a genetic pool as it can find and preserving diversity guarantees a rich resource to draw from.