Esther Polak with collaborators (荷兰 NL)
Project: NOMADIC MILK 游牧牛奶 (尼日利亚 Nigeria, 2009)
www.NOMADICMILK.net
The sand drawing tool 沙画工具
Diagram showing how the sand drawings work 图解沙画工作原理
Installation view 装置展示
“The NomadicMILK art project tracks the daily routes of two milk related economies in Nigeria, between January and December 2009. It follows the movements of Mr. Idiris, a cowherd, and his family during the dry season. It also follows the distribution of PEAK milk, one of the best-known brands of powdered and condensed milk in Nigeria. The routes are traced by GPS, and drawings of each route are made on the ground, using a custom-developed GPS drawing robot. This way we can easily discuss the routes with the people involved.”
游牧牛奶艺术项目在2009一月到12月之间追踪了两条与尼日利亚牛奶经济相关的线路。在旱季的时候，它追踪牛倌Idiris先生及他的家庭。它也采集PEAK牛奶的分布信息，后者是尼日利亚奶粉和炼乳界最知名的品牌之一。通过GPS来追踪路线，使用定制开发的GPS绘图机器人在地面上绘出每条路线。这种方法使我们可以容易地与相关人员进行讨论。