Hi
I would use a large snail such as Helix or Otala. Slugs could be used, too.
This reminds me of some work by an artist (the name escapes me)who painted
card then let cockroaches run on them to make patterns. At an even smaller
scale of help from our floral and faunal friends, I think it was Pasteur who
used bacteria to create amazing artforms by growing them on agar plates
with stencils. All very interesting.
Alex
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Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 1:56 PM
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Subject: Re: Land Snails That Eat Paper
Most land snails would eat paper, but I wouldn't call that art.
Aydin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas E. Eichhorst [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 1:57 AM
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> Subject: Land Snails That Eat Paper
>
>
> I have a request from an artist in Canada for a snail that
> eats paper. I
> don't know of any such but thought maybe one of you on
> Conch-L could help.
> Here is the request:
>
> "I
> am a visual artist invited to participate in the (famous)
> Bienal del Barro
> de Amirica next June in Caracas - The Biannual is an artistic
> event grouping
> artists concerned about ecological issues, or whose work
> deals with the
> earth, the fauna and flora etc.
>
> The Bienal accepted my project consisting of works on paper
> which are eaten
> by snails.
> I am looking to locate in Venezuela some kind of voracious
> species that can
> actually devour paper. The work of art thus evoke among other
> things, the
> speed at which these animals feed themselves, the type of
> lace pattern left
> by them, the beauty of it, the disappearance of some flora,
> the recycling
> process, the destruction and disappearance of a work of art, etc.
> My project includes the return of the gasteropodes to their
> natural original
> habitat.
> I also know about barriers to avoid fugitive snails
> wandering into the
> Museum... Any common snail would do the job and of course I
> do not want to
> use an endangered species.
>
> Indeed, I operate within a very limited budget and any
> information would be
> appreciated. I speak Spanish fluently.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marion M. Bordier"
>
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>
> If anyone thinks they can help, please notify Marion at the
> e-mail above.
> Thanks a bunch.
>
> Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA
>
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