Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Mosaicultures International Montreal 2013 [exhibit]
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Accession Number:
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203172
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module NINE--6,173 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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The Bird Tree (entry from City of Montreal and Mosa¿cultures Internationales de Montr¿al); view of the top of tree
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Date of View:
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8/15/2013
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Image description:
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The Bird Tree¿s branches transform themselves into 56 bird species, while its roots change into a Kakapo (also referred to as an owl parrot, the only parrot unable to fly) and six species of amphibians and reptiles. All these species, birds, amphibians, reptiles, are among the most endangered on Earth. The tree is 16 feet tall with a canopy diameter of 18 meters.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module NINE
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Culture:
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Canadian
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Subject:
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gardens
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Work Types:
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Landscape Architecture; altered landscapes; gardens
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Preferred Title:
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Mosaicultures International Montreal 2013 [exhibit]
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Agent Display:
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Mosa¿cultures Internationales de Montr¿al (Canadian non-profit organization, founded 1998)
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Date:
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June 22-September 29, 2013 (exhibition)
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Materials:
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plant material
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Locations:
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Montre¿al Botanical Garden, Montr¿al, Quebec , Canada
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Location Type:
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(exhibition)
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Style/Period:
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Twenty-first century
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Classification:
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Landscape Architecture
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Classification:
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Art (other)
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