瀕危紋身:志願者透過紋身幫助拯救物種 [幻燈片]

哺乳動物、植物,甚至真菌都被紋在為它們象徵物的生存而戰的人們身上

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慈善捐款以幫助保護瀕危物種是一回事。但是,您會為了拯救哺乳動物、植物甚至真菌而紋上永久性的身體藝術嗎?三年前,英國的100名男女——普通人,而不是科學家——就這樣做了。他們每個人都接受了紋身,紋上了一種他們誓言要幫助保護的物種。一個讚揚這些紋身倡導者的巡迴展覽即將結束,但該專案可能會催生更廣泛的推廣工作。

這個名為extInked的專案是由英國曼徹斯特的終極控股公司構思的——這是一個由自由藝術家組成的集體,他們試圖利用藝術來引發對令人不安的社會問題的討論。2009年,該集體與自然資源保護主義者合作,確定了英國100種珍稀瀕危物種,然後請來藝術家在為期三天的公眾馬拉松活動中為100名志願者紋身。哺乳動物、兩棲動物、爬行動物、鳥類、魚類、無脊椎動物、植物和四種真菌被紋在了樂於助人的“大使”的頸部、手臂、腿部和背部。

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從那時起,志願者們在會議上發表演講,分發文獻資料,與保護組織一起籌集資金,參加展覽,並承擔與他們收養的物種相關的其他積極分子角色。“大使們將藝術界、生態界、科學界和紋身界聚集在一起,”終極控股的專案經理凱特·霍爾頓說。“該專案是鼓勵對話的一種創造性方式。”霍爾頓說,來自加拿大、巴西和韓國等遙遠地區的人們在看到或讀到關於紋身大使的文章後,也開始關注相關事業。

該展覽以所有100名志願者及其紋身的專業照片以及關於他們物種的資訊為特色,即將在英國拉格比的拉格比藝術畫廊和博物館進行最後一次展出。霍爾頓說,展覽定於11月10日閉幕,但其他畫廊現在有興趣恢復巡展。終極控股公司也在其他國家尋找合作組織,以啟動類似的專案。

extInked專案也可能正在激發獨立的努力。加利福尼亞州灣區的一個名為Tatzoo的組織已經舉辦了幾次訓練營,以培訓志願者成為當地動植物保護的領導者。畢業生將獲得證書和他們選擇的瀕危物種的紋身。

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Mark Fischetti has been a senior editor at 大眾科學 for 17 years and has covered sustainability issues, including climate, weather, environment, energy, food, water, biodiversity, population, and more. He assigns and edits feature articles, commentaries and news by journalists and scientists and also writes in those formats. He edits History, the magazine's department looking at science advances throughout time. He was founding managing editor of two spinoff magazines: 大眾科學 Mind and 大眾科學 Earth 3.0. His 2001 freelance article for the magazine, "Drowning New Orleans," predicted the widespread disaster that a storm like Hurricane Katrina would impose on the city. His video What Happens to Your Body after You Die?, has more than 12 million views on YouTube. Fischetti has written freelance articles for the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian, Technology Review, Fast Company, and many others. He co-authored the book Weaving the Web with Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, which tells the real story of how the Web was created. He also co-authored The New Killer Diseases with microbiologist Elinor Levy. Fischetti is a former managing editor of IEEE Spectrum Magazine and of Family Business Magazine. He has a physics degree and has twice served as the Attaway Fellow in Civic Culture at Centenary College of Louisiana, which awarded him an honorary doctorate. In 2021 he received the American Geophysical Union's Robert C. Cowen Award for Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism, which celebrates a career of outstanding reporting on the Earth and space sciences. He has appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, CNN, the History Channel, NPR News and many news radio stations. Follow Fischetti on X (formerly Twitter) @markfischetti

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