Humans are not the ideal audience for Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg’s artwork: her Pollinator Pathmaker is primarily aimed at bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects. In collaboration with scientists from various disciplines, she has developed an algorithm-based tool that creates works of art made from plants. The planting plans are geared not to human tastes, but the needs of pollinators. LAS Art Foundation is now bringing a Pollinator Pathmaker Edition to Berlin for the first time following editions in the UK. The LAS edition is being realised in cooperation with the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. From 20.06.2023, it will be open to the public in full bloom on the museum’s forecourt. The selection of the plants was coordinated with scientists of the museum to be in keeping with the local characteristics of the city.
The Pollinator Pathmaker is not only a colorful symbol of the fight against species extinction, but also a call to action: hobby gardeners are invited to plan and create their own DIY editions of the artwork on the website. Taking into account the size of your own flowerbed and light and soil conditions, the free online tool creates planting plans that protect the flight paths of respective pollinators. Ginsberg thus playfully demonstrates how art can change the way we look at our surroundings – if only by seeing some gardens through the eyes of a pollinator.
Text: Laura Storfner / Credit: Digital Render of Pollinator Pathmaker LAS Edition, 2023, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg; Nathalie Théry; Nathalie Théry
Forecourt of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Invalidenstr.43, 10115 Berlin–Mitte; map
LAS Art Foundation hosts Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg with Pollinator Pathmaker, from 20.06.2023. Open 24h.
Pollinator Pathmaker was originally commissioned by the Eden Project and funded by the Garfield Weston Foundation. The project is also funded by the Gaia Art Foundation and developed in cooperation with Google Arts & Culture.
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