Convention on the High Seas — Convention on the codification of rules of international law relating to conduct on the high seas.
(7 November 1958) — Liquid / Water
Agreement with Nature comprises the texts of three international treaties, which set down the agreed terms of our interactions with the Earth’s weather, seas and icy Antarctica. The treaties form an important reference point for Solid, Liquid, Vapour. Collectively, we have agreed not to use hostile methods to influence the weather, to give everyone free passage across the world’s oceans, and to protect one continent, the uninhabited Antarctica, from non-peaceful intentions. To emphasises how vulnerable such agreements are, the text from the original treaties are transferred on wafer-thin sheets of fragile porcelain. The treaties are placed on a bed of cornflower seeds. The cornflower, a beautiful wildflower usually considered an unwelcome weed. For me it symbolizes faithfulness and constancy. The acts printed on the porcelain sheets relate to the three stages of water. Through intensive pesticide use and seed homogenisation, the sky-blue cornflower is currently on the list of endangered nature.