Trust the River: Timur Si-Qin

Building on his ongoing interest in the correlation between biodiversity and cultural diversity, indigenous wisdom centred on the natural world and its conservation, Si-Qin’s sculptural works take on organic forms in all-metallic sheen. The artist has once more deferred to the precise technique of 3-D printing, subsequently casting the pieces in stainless steel. In conjunction with respecting ancient ways, Si-Qin also acknowledges emerging (sub)cultures by lending his works an affective contemporary visuality.

Proceeds from a Rock panel work, made from the 3-D scans of Saudi Arabian cliffs, will support the permanent conservation of 35,014 acres of land in Ausangate, Peru. This Indigenous-led conservation project safeguards a vital and sacred high Andean ecosystem, including threatened wetlands and glaciers that provide essential water resources to surrounding communities and crucial ecosystem services to the region. As a strategic climate donation by the artist and the gallery, the sale of this artwork will receive a cumulative 300% in matching funds from partner organisations. The funds will support the formal declaration of the conservation area in Peru.