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Song of the Cricket

University of Melbourne with: Alexander J. Felson (Urban Ecology and Design Lab, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne), Filippo Maria Buzzetti (Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto/IC Parise di Arzignano), Miriama Young (Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne), Theresa Jones (School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne), Enzo Moretto (Esapolis Grande Museo Vivente degli Insetti), Will Carter (Yiradyuri / Ngunnawal, Indigenous Partnerships, University of Melbourne), Alice Kesminas (Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne), Jagannath Aryal (Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne), Michael Kearney (School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne), Ary Hoffmann (School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne)


  • MAR - DOM
    10/05 > 28/09
    11.00 - 19.00
     
    VEN - SAB FINO AL 28/09
    11.00 - 20.00
     
    30/09 > 23/11
    10.00 - 18.00
  • Arsenale
  • Ingresso con biglietto

Song of the Cricket contribuisce all’aumento della biodiversità attraverso isole modulari galleggianti progettate come stazioni di riproduzione portatili per siti di recupero mirati. Migliorando le condizioni di cibo, acqua e nidificazione, queste isole a bassa tecnologia sono in grado di sostenere piccole popolazioni isolate di specie chiave che possono catalizzare le reti alimentari. Song of the Cricket si concentra sui livelli trofici inferiori, in particolare sui grilli, creando habitat temporanei per la nidificazione, il foraggiamento e la riproduzione favorendo diversi cicli biologici e gestendo al contempo la predazione e le malattie.
L’installazione è incentrata sulla Zeuneriana marmorata (grillo marmorizzato dell’Adriatico), specie che un tempo popolava la laguna di Venezia ed è stata poi ritenuta estinta fino alla sua riscoperta nel 1992.
Il progetto nasce in seguito alle traslocazioni avvenute nel 2021, che hanno mostrato una crescita della popolazione, supportata da isole galleggianti a basso costo e di lunga durata in cui le coppie di grilli possono riprodursi e creare popolazioni starter da ridistribuire successivamente in habitat vitali della Laguna di Venezia. Ispirati dalle ricerche effettuate sulle cavallette australiane, sono presenti anche dei mesocosmi progettati a livello sperimentale per indagare il modo in cui i margini degli habitat e le condizioni di sviluppo influiscono sulla sopravvivenza e sulla crescita.

 

Partecipanti
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Alexander J. Felson, New York, USA, 1971. Vive e lavora a Melbourne, Australia. Miriama Young, New Zealand, 1975. Vive e lavora a Melbourne, Australia. Theresa Jones, Melbourne, Australia, 1975. Vive e lavora a Melbourne, Australia. Will Carter (Yiradyuri / Ngunnawal), Narrandera, Australia, 1983. Vive e lavora a Melbourne, Australia. Alice Kesminas, Melbourne, Australia, 1979. Vive e lavora a Melbourne, Australia. Jagannath Aryal, Syangja, Nepal, 1972. Vive e lavora a Melbourne, Australia. Michael Kearney, Melbourne, Australia, 1975. Vive e lavora a Melbourne, Australia. Ary Hoffmann, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1964. Vive e lavora a Melbourne, Australia.
FONDAZIONE MUSEO CIVICO DI ROVERETO AND IC PARISE DI ARZIGNANO ROVERETO AND ARZIGNANON, ITALY Filippo Maria Buzzetti, Arzignano, Italia, 1974. Vive ad Arzignano, lavora a Rovereto, Italia.
ESAPOLIS GRANDE MUSEO VIVENTE DEGLI INSETTI PADUA, ITALY Enzo Moretto, San Martino di Lupari, Italy, 1958. Vive e lavora a Padova, Italia.
Collaborazione autoriale
Michael-Shawn Fletcher, Schools of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Geology, Paleoecology, and Indigenous Environmental Histories and Futures, University of Melbourne; Axel Hochkirch, Musée National d’histoire naturelle Luxembourg, Trier University, IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Sub-Committee & IUCN SSC Grasshopper SG
Collaborazione tecnica 
ARUP Melbourne; Ecopolitan Design; Biomatrix Water; Aflex Technology (NZ) Ltd; Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration (CSDILA), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne; Alessandro Liuti (Aenima design); Mattia Mercatali (Aenima design); Fab Lab, Machine Workshop and Maker Spaces, Architecture Building and Planning, University of Melbourne; WET Systems; Chris Malcolmson, Reliable Plumbing Services; Jim Morton, Parks and City Greening Branch, City of Melbourne
Team
UEDLAB and Ecopolitan Design, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne: Vittorio Lovato (Project manager), Gina Dahl (Architect), Harrison Baxter Project (Landscape designer), Sofia Colabella (Design advisor), Maria Bulmaga (Events development), Zhehao Wang (Post-graduate student); Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne: Natalie King (Curatorial advisor), Monica Lim (Sound Technologist); Michael- Shawn Fletcher, Schools of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Geology, Paleoecology, and Indigenous Environmental Histories and Futures, University of Melbourne; Axel Hochkirch, Musée National d’histoire naturelle Luxembourg, Trier University, IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Sub-Committee & IUCN SSC Grasshopper SG; School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne: Margaret Mayfield (Ecological advisor); ARUP, Melbourne Office: Sophie Gleeson (Acoustic consultant), Ross Dennis (Ecologist), Alexander McKenzie (Ecologist), Tim Hunt (Lighting Consultant), Maria Graterol (Lighting Consultant); School of Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne; Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration, University of Melbourne: Benny Chen and Maz Ghasemi Tootkaboni (Geomatics); The New Institute Centre for Environmental Humanities (NICHE): Francesca Tarocco and Cristina Baldacci (Local project development); Department of Agronomy Food Natural Resources Animals Environment (DAFNAE), Università Degli Studi Di Padova: Luca Mazzon (Research advisor); Edmund Mach Foundation: Paolo Fontana (Local advisor)
Ringraziamenti a 
Melbourne Biodiversity Institute; Parco del Mincio; Oasi Valle Averto; Kheprica APS; Butterfly Arc; Province of Padova; Università degli studi di Padova – DAFNAE; Fondazione Edmund Mach; World Biodiversity Association; Zoom Torino; Parco Natura Viva 
Supporters
Jan Schapper; Julie Willis, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne; Yencken Trust, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne; Richard Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, University of Melbourne; Mark Cassidy, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Melbourne; Abbas Rajabifard, CSDILA, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne; Brendan Wintle, Melbourne Biodiversity Institute, University of Melbourne; Biomatrix Water; Fab Lab, Machine Workshop and Maker Spaces, Architecture Building and Planning, University of Melbourne

 


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