Ambulant bonsai

A performance will take place from November 20 to 22, 2009 in Taipei. Also, from November 20, the site Ginkgo Messenger will allow to get involved with the performance.
More informations to come...

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Ginkgo Messenger

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11 to 15 November 2008, New York

Embodying an upside-down Ginkgo bonsai, multidisciplinary artist Mei-Kuei Feu presents this public art project for the first time in various neighborhoods of New York City, between 11 and 15 November 2008.

The Ginkgo biloba tree: A "living fossil" which has survived all weather upheavals on our planet. It is the first tree to have grown in the area affected by the explosion of the nuclear bomb in Hiroshima and is the symbol of strength and longevity.

Fascinated by its beauty and its amazing history, the artist works with the Ginkgo’s fan shaped leaves as a medium for conveying printed images which reflect tragedies of the last century and the passion of present day life. Through a process of exchange, the public are invited to write their wishes for life on a photo shaped like a Ginkgo leaf, and in return, receive a real Ginkgo leaf stamped with "Ginkgo messenger".

The Ginkgo Messenger project is born from a series of research work on a dialogue between humans and house plants. Linking the internal environment of our body and the external natural environment, the artist wishes to create a garden that is both intimate and public.

Thanks:
The artist Mei-Kuei Feu thank Brooklyn Artists Studio-BAS, for offering generous free accommodation for the project in New York.

Links to websites about the Ginkgo biloba:

The Ginkgo Pages