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
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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
>