In places of remote and regional wilderness artists are creating tourism destinations with a 21st century WOW factor“. In forests, oceans and mountains these "museums without walls" transform local communities and attract droves of international tourists. biophiliarts.com will feature a series of blogs that profile the artists behind these ‘museums’ in nature and link you to spectacular models of contemporary tourism. From the MAD Architects ‘Tunnel of Light’ in Japan’s coastal and...

"Powerful works that, like nature itself, contain a complex set of tensions" JOMO Nest Back from the pink salt pans of Lake Bumbunga (a Parnpangka word meaning ‘rain water lake’) and the lagoons of The Coorong (karangk - a Ngarrindjeri term meaning 'narrow neck') Gordon Bain returns to East Gippsland this week from the arid mid-north of South Australia to launch his exhibition. His growing regional audiences and discerning collectors will not be disappointed. Having spent a lifetime...

Anti-fascist, post-modernist, provocateur and Berlin-based landscape-architect Martin Rein-Cano sits in this biophiliarts space as a powerful voice that describes landscape as an allegory for identity. "We all like to think that we are rooted in something" he suggests. On the world stage of contemporary culture Rein-Cano captures the 'Sturm und Drang' of art and nature. He has a grounding in Art History in which he richly contextualizes his ideas. He has a fearless Latin temperament that...