Infos Artwork
- Year: 2014
- Place: Ecuadorianischer Amazonas
- Land: Ecuador (-1.3397668,-79.3666965) centr.
- Category: Ecosystems/ Flora/ Fauna, Pollution/ Destruction/ Toxins, Resources/ Energy/ Nuclear/ Fossil, and Water/ Body of water
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- Artist: Biemann, Ursula
https://www.geobodies.org
Birthdate: 1955
Land of Birth: Switzerland
- Artist: Tavares, Paulo
http://www.paulotavares.net/air/
Land of Birth: Brazil
The synchronised video projection FOREST LAW concentrates on the consequences of oil production and mining in the very biodiverse Ecuadorian Amazon. Through interviews and filmic documentation, the question is raised whether a biosphere such as Amazonia should be granted its own rights when confronted with exploitation through human forces. >>
“Taken together, the collection of personal testimonies and factual evidence presented here expose the multiple dimensions of the tropical forest as a physical, legal, and cosmological entity.” (Ursula Biemann) >>