Genestreaming Sculptures

Nation Wide Tourism Trail Initiative

A Journey through Deep Time into Science, Culture & Conservation

With the proven participation of communities across Australia and abroad the Genestreaming Sculptures national trail program facilitates new possibilities for Eco-Tourism & Cultural Tourism engagement through Public Art & Augmented Reality

Our objective is to develop a national and international tourism trail of Genestreaming sculptures which focus on bringing science and first nations art together to promote conservation awareness. To achieve this goal we are looking to work with shires, museums, education establishments and conservation organisations to establish multiple Genestreaming sculptures in each state, territory and nation.

Genestreaming team – Ben Beeton, Mali Moir, Gary Muir, Mark Hewson, Aunty Carol Pettersen, Jenny Wilson, Darrel Campbell, Glenn Hoskins

The different forms of Genestreaming Sculptures

Since 2020 myself and the team that I work with have been involved in the development of a number of Genestreaming Sculpture projects as part of the envisaged national trail. There are 2 different approaches to developing a Genestreaming Sculpture.

(1) Genestreaming Earth Sculptures are Augmented Reality sculptures that feature museum collections, herbarium & garden collections, conservation organizations work, school and university students projects. These AR sculptures feature an animated visualization of the deep time story of the Earth showcasing a range of species from Geological time.

(2) Genestreaming Journey Sculptures are Augmented Reality & Physical Sculptures. They are focused on specific local regions. They feature first nations artists work on the outside of the sculptures and field naturalist art about the region on the inside of the sculptures. An evolutionary tree of selected species is depicted on the baseplate of the sculpture which enables visitors to see where they share common ancestry with other species.

Genestreaming Earth projects can be undertaken first at minimal cost and can inform Genestreaming Journey sculptures that can be undertaken when funding is secured to employ the artists and potentially construct a physical sculpture.

Singapore Gardens by the Bay Genestreaming Sculpture

The Genestreaming national sculpture trail project connects first nations art with nature journaling, science and conservation awareness through sculptures that depict site specific evolutionary trees of 15 local species plus humans. We have a sculpture at Singapore Gardens by the Bay and have just opened a trail of sculptures in the South West WA as well as the Bunya Mountains and Alice Springs.

Augmented Reality Genestreaming Sculpture

We invite your community to join the growing

National Tourism Trail of Augmented & Physical Genestreaming Sculptures

When people walk into the sculpture they are walking into a giant evolutionary tree which maps the shared ancestry of selected regional species through geological time. The sculptures have their origins in virtual reality teaching tools conceived by Ben Beeton at the Australian National University to visualise details of the Tree of Life.

Genestreaming sculptures feature the artwork of first nations artists of the region on the outside of the sculpture and field naturalist art focusing on local ecosystems, endangered species and their deep time shared ancestry on the inside of the sculpture.

Through the participation of communities across Australia and abroad our vision is to facilitate new possibilities for engagement in conservation, education and the arts. When undertaking the field naturalist work we seek to consult with local people who are involved in conservation efforts. This initiative focuses on bringing local people together in order to address the serious challenges of habitat loss, growing numbers of endangered species and climate change.

Left to right: Mark Hewson – engineering/structural design, Aunty Carol Pettersen – co-founder/cultural consultant, Ben Beeton co-founder, sculpture design, field naturalist art & project manager, Mali Moir – scientific illustrator/project manager, Gary Muir – shared ancestry research.

Every location features a unique phylogenetic tree which reflects the evolutionary stories of local species.

As contributing details of the National Trail

we are interested in developing regional tourism trails of

the Augmented Reality Genestreaming Sculptures around the Bio-Regions of Australia.

Projects thus far undertaken

Twin Creeks WA Genestreaming Sculpture

Northcliffe Genestreaming

Denmark Genestreaming

Bremer Bay Genestreaming

Ravensthorpe Genestreaming

Wave Rock Genestreaming

We received funding from Lotterywest to develop the first tourism trail of Genestreaming Sculptures which we envisage will be the beginning of the national and international tourism trails of Genestreaming Sculptures.

20230727 Lotterywest – The Gondwana Link Genestreaming Sculptures Trail funding cheque presentation in Albany and National Regional and Economic Development Summit presentation in Toowoomba. We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to the in-kind support for our project provided by BlueScope Steel, Vulcan, Signarama, Rollform, Torbay Glass Studios, Hartway Galvanizers & DDC Engineering.

Singapore Gardens by the Bay Genestreaming Sculpture

Internal Art of the Genestreaming Sculpture for Singapore Gardens by the Bay

Bunya Mountains Genestreaming Sculpture

Testing the Augmented Reality Genestreaming Sculpture at Mount Magnet

At Mount Magnet we created a digital mural which featured all of the contributing artwork in the sculpture. At Mount Magnet they placed their mural in the local visitors information center.

The mural at Mount Magnet has been very successful in promoting the project.