Antoine Hunt is the latest contemporary artist to exhibit at the Burnaby Gallery, and his multi-media show opens to the public tomorrow for two weeks.

Mr. Hunt has recently embarked on a life-long project which he dubs `Nature's Children', and this is also the title of his show. The project consists of separate disciplines: photography, cinematography and sculpture.

"The concept behind the project is simply to photograph the world, not as separate places and territories, but as one unified global ecosystem,'' he explains. "A system we do not seem to appreciate for what it is -- the life that gives us life.'' The photos consist of images of nature which he has taken all over the world, and which contain no man-made objects unless they are in the process of going back to nature.

The sculptures, which the artist says began with "semi-abstracted human figures in bronze and have evolved into the very euphoric process of caring stone,'' have further evolved into abstract shapes of plant life around him.

The film projects have evolved from the artist's still images, and his first short he describes as "an abstraction of my documentary, Blue Waters -- a film looking at the problem of pollution on the little island of Bermuda.'' Mr. Hunt says `Nature's Children' is an extension of himself, and will grow as he grows.

"With the understanding that my views of life will change as I gather and absorb the experiences that I will have along the way, for me there is no separation of my art and what I do every day. Art is life!'' he explains.

Nature's Children will run until November 4. 292-8614.

*** US photographic technique pioneer Karl Struss' lumie nre photographs of Bermuda, produced in 1913, are now on exhibition in the foyer of Colonial Insurance at 35 Reid Street from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Admission is free.

Struss was one of the first Americans to elevate photography into fine art, and the current exhibition is the `first of a kind' for Masterworks, which hosts it.

*** The Bermuda Philharmonic Society orchestra and a chorus of more than 100 voices, plus five soloists, will perform Handel's oratorio, The Messiah, in the Keep Yard at Dockyard on Saturday evening, beginning at 7.30 p.m. The conductor is Dr. Gary Burgess. Tickets ($20) can be obtained from the Music Box, Opus 1, the Harbour Master, Agape House, P.A.L.S office, and the Visitors' Service Bureau from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. until October 13.

The worldwide event, in which more than 700 venues in 41 countries will participate, each beginning at 7.30 p.m. local time, is designed to heighten awareness about palliative care for the terminally ill and support the work of hospices worldwide.

Proceeds from the Dockyard performance will benefit Agape House and PALS, and a wine bar and refreshments will be provided by the Hamilton Lions and Lionesses. The event is being sponsored by Cable & Wireless, and concertgoers are asked to be seated by 7 p.m.

Budding artists go public Students of the Bermuda Scapes art programme at the St. George's Community School are holding an exhibition of their work in the Edinburgh Gallery of the Bermuda Society of Arts at City Hall, beginning on Friday, October 13. The budding artists, who are both neophytes and those who wish to learn more about art, are taught by professional artist and sculptor Manuel Palacio. This is the second Bermuda Scapes exhibition held by the community school, and will run until October 26. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Saturday.

Admission is free.