1975 (Invasive Species)
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Title
1975 (Invasive Species)
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Biological Sciences
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Physics
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History
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Fine Art
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Centre for Curating the Archive
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Description
1975 (Invasive Species) stems from a historical and botanical enquiry. In 1975, after attaining independence from Portugal, the civil war broke out in Angola. In that same year, the South African Defense Force under the authorization of Vorster, intervened in the war – an intervention which formed part of an ongoing period of conflict in South African history, known as the Border Wars. From a botanical point of departure, the cluster pine (or Pinus Pinaster) is native to Portugal. In South Africa it is seen as invasive, competing with and replacing indigenous species.
The work consists of a cross section of cluster pine used as a target practice unit, into which the artist shot a ring of R4 assault rifle bullets – aiming at tree ring 1975.
The work consists of a cross section of cluster pine used as a target practice unit, into which the artist shot a ring of R4 assault rifle bullets – aiming at tree ring 1975.
Creator
Nina Liebenberg
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Date Created
2018
Source
Chest: a botanical ecology
Resonances
South African Defense Force
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Portugal
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Border Wars
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intervention
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R4 assault rifle
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dendrochronology
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cross-section
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invasion
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history
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conflict
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medicine chest
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apartheid
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Chest: a botanical ecology
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circumference
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Type
Artwork
Contributor
Nina Liebenberg
