Carlos Neves Jr. Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
香港 Hong Kong
香港生物多樣性博物館 Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Carlos（他/他）是一位巴西生物學家和昆蟲學家，熱衷於科學教育和科學傳播。儘管沒有接受過藝術培訓，他在受家人和參加嘉年華團體的影響後逐漸發展了自己的藝術技能。如今，作為香港生物多樣性博物館的研究助理，他將藝術和科學結合起來作為溝通工具。
香港生物多樣性博物館自2021年開放以來，是本地第一個專注於生物多樣性的博物館。它致力於成為一個促進環境教育和生物多樣性欣賞的自然歷史博物館，推動將生物多樣性作為人類自然遺產的一部分的保護，並支持有關生物多樣性的科學研究。
Carlos (he/him) is a Brazilian biologist and entomologist, passionate about communication and scientific education. Despite not having artistic training, he developed his skills at home, influenced by his family and participating in carnival groups. Nowadays, as a research assistant at the Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum, he combines art and science as communication tools.
Opened since 2021, HKBM is the first museum in Hong Kong that is dedicated to biodiversity. It strives to be a natural history museum promoting environmental education and appreciation of biodiversity, fostering its preservation as a part of mankind’s natural heritage and by supporting scientific research on biodiversity.
Insects… Insects over the World
2022
水松、紙、塑膠彩、昆蟲標本
Cork, paper, acrylic, preserved pinned insect specimens
40 x 40 x 60 cm
這個展品以昆蟲寫信給聖誕老人為隱喻，展現世界各地的昆蟲為自己和生物多樣性許願。所有生物，包括人類都賴生物多樣性為生。展品目的是呈現昆蟲為世界性的生物，牠們分佈在全球各地，並能夠進行大規模的遷徙，探索不同地區，以尋找資源、繁殖地和庇護所，甚至部分會成為入侵物種。
從生態系統服務（如授粉、種子傳播和有機物分解）到農業，世界上的各個地方都依賴牠們。
In a metaphor for letters sent by children to Santa Claus, this display presents insects around the world as those ones making good wishes for themselves and for the biodiversity which they (and all the other living beings, like us) live in. The purpose of this display is to show insects as cosmopolitan organisms, present across the globe, as well as capable of making large migratory movements, exploring different regions in search of resources, reproduction and/or shelter, or even being invasive species. From ecosystem services (such as pollination, seed dispersal and decomposition of organic matter) to agriculture, the world depends on them in the different places they occupy.
*標本貿易 Specimen trade
