Katastrophe Tschernobyl

Blutzikade aus Rancate Tessin. Ihr wächst ein Beinstummel aus dem mittleren linken Beingelenk, (c) 1988 Cornelia Hesse-Honegger
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  • Year: 1987
  • Place: Tschernobyl
  • Land: Ukraine (51.2705259,30.2194322) centr.
  • Category: Ecosystems/ Flora/ Fauna, Pollution/ Destruction/ Toxins, and Resources/ Energy/ Nuclear/ Fossil
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In her study KATASTROPHE TSCHERNOBYL (engl. The catastrophe of Chernobyl) Hesse-Honegger gathers images of mutations and damaged bodies of heteroptera and changes in the flora. One year after the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl the artist travelled to the radioactive fallout areas of Sweden and Tessin. There she documented the changes she witnessed in drawings and watercolours. >>

“The sight of the disturbed true bugs I found in these areas shocked me to the core. I had to bring what I had detected into the open.” (Cornelia Hesse-Honegger) >>

Soft Bug Miridae with divided wings on the left side from Österfärnebo, (c) Cornelia Hesse-Honegger
Soft Bug Miridae with divided wings on the left side from Österfärnebo, (c) Cornelia Hesse-Honegger

 

Red Clover with yellow flowers instead of pink flowers like the year before Chernobyl from Gysinge, Sweden, (c) 1987 Cornelia Hesse-Honegger
Red Clover with yellow flowers instead of pink flowers like the year before Chernobyl from Gysinge, Sweden, (c) 1987 Cornelia Hesse-Honegger

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