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For those of you who do not know about this global fine art work, please watch the videos and follow the links to learn more about the table and 12 chairs which have already travelled the world and been the backdrop for dignitaries and celebrities from Tony Blair, Boris Johnson, board members of WWF, to Harrison Ford actor and Vice Chair Conservation International, Prince Bandar bin Saud bin Mohammad Al Saud of Saudi Arabia (business man and Arab eco-compaigner), Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, etc....
The work has been the centre piece from the International Conference on Biodiversity Nagoya, Japan to Davos Switzerland, World Summit and most recently is on view at the World Museum, Liverpool.
"....The artwork reflects international concerns about threats to the environment from global warming, pollution, population and other factors. The table is set to tour the globe and its first residency is in Liverpool at World Museum.
Silas says: "I collected the driftwood from the four corners of the world with help from indigenous communities and local environmental non-governmental organisations, most notably the WWF (World Wildlife Fund). The table symbolises the meeting between land and sea, connections between human land-based activities and the coastal and marine environment, the links between cultures and the need for dialogue and agreement between countries to ensure the protection of biodiversity.”
Click to see the short film on how the project came to be:
Most recently in May of this year (2011), at the specific request of MISSION (NOKIA'S PR company) who were seeking extraordinary UKprojects to navigate between with the new NOKIA E7 incorporated Silas as part of the new Nokia TV Advert. It featured amongst their Destination E7 Visit highlights, Silas gathering wood for two feature Carver Driftwood Chairs
- the concept of his magnificent furniture....for sustainable living and epitomising sustainable art, biodiversity, a global world view and everything for which this project stands.
Perhaps most eloquently of all, speaking of the project and artwork, Ahmed Djoghlaf Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) :
“I would like to thank WWF, FSC and Maersk Line for supporting this unique project and I invite others to make use of the table and enable its exhibition during 2011, the International Year of Forests. But most of all I want to thank and to congratulate Silas Birtwistle. Among all those who have contributed to the celebration of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, I know of no one who has dedicated such personal effort. Others have worked on behalf of their organizations, but Silas has conceived and carried this as a private individual concerned about the environmental legacy we are leaving our children.
The artwork and its presence in Nagoya is testimony to his personal commitment, sacrifice and determination and I find that immensely inspiring.”
Contact Claire Swait for more information on commissioning your own project or objects, and stay tuned here for more on the most exciting Global Sustainable Development project in California; soon to house this wonderful 21st century symbolic and functional work of art.
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