Description
Homeland is part of the Cambodia series, which uses maps forms to emphasize regions where there are severe threats to bird populations. Cambodia is the last remaining habitat of the regal and nearly extinct Bengal Florican (the last count recorded only 400 mature birds). The Bengal Florican and other endangered birds are victims of habitat fragmentation. By using recycled plastic bags screen printed with images of endangered birds and overprinted with text in endangered languages, I hope to layer additional information into the piece. The text is written in various endangered indigenous languages such as Yiddish, Shorthand, Tsotzil, Zoque and excerpts of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring translated into Spanish.
