Largest ever climate-positive living artwork blooming for first time at Eden
Largest ever climate-positive living artwork blooming for first time at Eden
Abstract
Exploring the vital role of pollinators, Pollinator Pathmaker comprises 7,000 plants from 64 different species and seeks to challenge what a garden is and who it is for. In line with Ginsberg's artistic practice, Pollinator Pathmaker uses technology to raise awareness of the plight of pollinators. Members of the public located anywhere in Northern Europe can design and plant their own DIY Pollinator Pathmaker by visiting pollinator. Users watch a 3D visualisation of their garden bloom on screen - created from paintings of each plant by Ginsberg - and change throughout the year as flowers for different pollinators emerge in an animated seasonal view. Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg said: "I am thrilled to be able to officially launch Pollinator Pathmaker. It's been wonderful to observe the first garden grow and begin to bloom over the winter at Eden and to already be hosting so many pollinating visitors; bees, butterflies, beetles and more. I'm also very excited to welcome our human visitors, who will be able to enjoy the garden design and the variety of plants springing up, as they mature even further this summer."Thank you to the Eden Project for the opportunity to be part of Create a Buzz and for helping me to begin what's planned to be a global project, with many people planting their own DIY gardens too. "Pollinator Pathmaker has the transformative agency to both inspire and empower its audiences. Technology, nature, human empathy and restorative activism all contribute to the material and aesthetic poetry of the artwork."We are so proud and honoured at Eden to have been a part of its creation and we are excited to witness its global impact as it continues to develop internationally; through institutional edition gardens at venues including the Serpentine Galleries in London and Light Art Space in Berlin as well as the many DIY gardens being planted by people at home. Create a Buzz comprises the major art installation, Pollinator Pathmaker, by Ginsberg, a physical and digital pollination trail through Eden Cornwall's outdoor gardens, new plantings of fields of wild flowers and a range of community and education projects.
