The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced an “Ivory Challenge”: a design contest to create a compelling display using stockpiled elephant ivory. However, some argue that a product that was obtained by killing animals should never become ‘art.’ Born Free USA’s CEO, Adam M. Roberts, weighs in: “The most important thing is that elephant ivory is permanently removed from any marketplace and any installation using the crushed product represents a sobering reminder of the impact of global shortsightedness in not maintaining a consistent uniform ban on ivory trade. In thinking about this ‘contest,’ it seems that the outcome should resemble the Vietnam War Memorial or another stark depiction of the lives lost for the ivory contraband.”
Link: The Dodo