Public Artwork
Naturivia
Artwork creator(s):
TH&B ( Frank,Simon; Hind,Dave; Jurakic,Ivan; Lukasik-Foss,Tor)
Text author(s):
TH&B ( Frank,Simon; Hind,Dave; Jurakic,Ivan; Lukasik-Foss,Tor)
Installation year:
2006
Remarks on location:
Trail signs mounted on wooden posts along a 2km "trivia trail".
Description:
Installation of ten aluminum signs
Text of the artwork:
NATURIVIA: pl.n. (na’cher’riv’e-a)
(used with a sing. or pl. verb)
1. A superficial means of engaging with a wilderness area or greenspace.
2. An outdoor pursuit utilizing signs.
3. A kind of mischievous poetry.
HOW MANY INDIGENOUS
AUTOMOBILES CAN YOU HEAR
FROM THIS LOCALE?
NAME THEM.
POISON IVY CONTAINS ‘URUSHIOL’,
FROM THE JAPANESE ‘URUSHI’ MEANING:
A) KARMIC COMEUPPANCE
B) A FAERIE’S CURSE
C) LACQUER
D) THE OIL OF HUMAN SIN
TRUE OR FALSE:
CEDARS REACH MATURITY
AFTER THEY BECOME FENCES.
WHICH CORRECTLY
DESCRIBES THE ABOVE:
A. CONE
B. SEED
C. ILLUSTRATION
D. PAINT
THE BIRCH TREE IS CREDITED
WITH THE INVENTION OF PAPER.
EXPLAIN.
ONE OF THESE IS NOT A BIRD.
NAME IT.
INVENT A STORY DESCRIBING
HOW THESE ROCKS CAME
TO BE HERE.
ASK YOURSELF: IS IT TRUE?
BHER WYT ALYSOS ULMO OS ABUL BHAGO [lecture linéaire]
THESE ARE NAMES FOR SEVERAL
TREES LOCATED HERE.
WHICH IS OLDER, THE NAMES
OR THE TREES?
WHOSE NAMES ARE THEY?
NAME SOME VARIETIES OF
BUTTERFLIES WHICH COULD BE
MIGRATING THROUGH HERE.
(ARE YOU MIGRATING THROUGH HERE?)
History:
Mountsberg Conservation Area, Mountsberg, ON, 2006
Event date(s):
2006 Dimensions:
Height:
0.3m
Width:
0.3m
Artist's biography:
THB 
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