Elephant for Rent
Elephant for Rent
Bliss Browne is looking for partners interested in hosting an elephant. You read that right! A life-sized elephant sculpture is on its way to the United States as part of a project to bring attention to the role of creativity in addressing issues of sustainability, migration and the protection of wilderness.
World renowned South African sculptor, Andries Botha, has so far created 12 life-sized elephants made out of recycled materials and placed them in various locations in the world where they generate huge interest and admiration. To date there is a herd of 9 in Belgium made from recycled leadwood from KZN; a wounded elephant made from recycled cider casks in France; a leadwood elephant in Holland; and Nomkhubulwane, the great matriarchal elephant recently created in Durban from recycled truck tires.
Three stone elephants are currently being made in Durban that will grace the freeway entrance near the World Cup site.
More info on the background of the Human Elephant Foundation can be found at www.humanelephant.org.
A Wild Call to Action
We are looking for partners who are committed to generating ideas and actions that creatively engage human intelligence on behalf of more sustainable ecological practices- and would like to host this elephant on site for a time in 2010.
We are looking for partners committed to education and outreach around sustainability issues for whom the elephant’s presence will help accelerate public interest and commitment. Bliss is also seeking education partners (curriculum developers, and website hosts) to develop inspiring curriculum materials to accompany Nomkhubulwane’s tour in print and online and to track her journey across America.
Tour Locations Currently confirmed:
November 5-13, 2009 Merida, Yucatan (confirmed) – local host: World Wilderness Congress, WILD9 .
Late April-May 2010 Fayetteville, Arkansas (confirmed) – U of Arkansas, city of Fayetteville, Walton Arts Center.
October 2010 Detroit, Michigan – to be confirmed
February 2011 – Elephant must return to Africa for memorial procession across Kenya and Botswana along ancient elephant routes.
Bliss Browne, President, Imagine Chicago bliss@imaginechicago.org
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