Contemporary Artist Xu Bing has launched
http://www.forestproject.net the online portal for Xu Bing's ?, ?, ? (mu, lin, sen) Project (2005-ongoing).
The project seeks to establish a symbiotic funding mechanism to help rebuild forest greenbelts around Mount Kenya—a UNESCO world heritage site—through the online auction and sale of artworks created by students from the region.
Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) and the international conservation organization Rare as part of the exhibition Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet, the ?, ?, ? Project can only succeed if you participate by visiting Forestproject.net and bid on the works and help spread the word.
Current Exhibitions :
Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego: August 17, 2008 – February 1, 2009 -
http://www.mcasd.org/
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive: February 25, 2009 – June 28, 2009 -
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/
Components of the project will be on display as part of West to East – the Aesthetic Context of Intellectuals running from September 28, 2008 – November 23, 2008 at SZ Art Center, Beijing -
http://www.szartcenter.com/chs/
Visit www.forestproject.net and bid on the children drawings. All the money will go to help rehabilitate Kenya's forests and/or leave thoughtful messages for the students on the forum.
