THE VIEW LIFE SIZE BRONZE
April 10, 2023MY FYNBOS LIFE SIZE
April 10, 2023
SCULPTURE DETAILS
- Title: MY FYNBOS
- Description: More Baboons and More Lifejackets, highlighting the global crisis of forced migration. This time clinging to FYNBOS.
fynbos
fynbos and baboons
now fence, traffic,people,tourist
ever expanding urban edge
human
all consuming
self obsessed
so much more
than baboon can be....
FYNBOS is endemic to the Western and Eastern Cape of South Africa.
CHACMA BABOONS: According to primatologist Dave Gaynor,"Baboons have been in the fynbos ecosystem for two million years and have been a major population in terms of biomass. one can confidently say that if they are removed, it is 100 percent sure to have an effect on the fynbos. Baboons play a significant role in plant dispersal and reproduction"
