Mallorca
The Lost Species
Lucy Orta
problematic: Loss of biodiversity and the cultural and symbolic meanings of species endemic to the Mediterranean islands.
description: Lucy Orta’s ‘The Lost Species (Vol 2)’ intends to symbolically restore the ancient spiritual majesty of the islands’ ecosystem. The artist addresses the urgency of the current situation of Corallium rubrum (red coral) and the Monachus
monachus (monk seal), two critically endangered species endemic to the Mediterranean Sea.