Interspecies asks: Can artists work with animals as equals? If not, what is the current state of the human-animal relationship?
The exhibition and programme of related events centres around a durational work by Kira O'Reilly and draws together projects by Nicolas Primat and other artists who explore playful speculations on relations between species. Antony Hall Enki Experiment 4 encourages visitors to communicate with an electric fish on the same level. Snæbjörnsdóttir/Wilson's Radio Animal* invites visitors to consider ‘unwelcome’ visitors but have for whatever reason found their way into what we may consider our own territories. Work includes: Nicolas Primat Portrait de Famille, The Making of Les Petits Hommes Vers. Kira O'Reilly Falling Asleep With A Pig. Ruth Maclennan Harry and Three short films on Hawks and Men. Rachel Mayeri Primate Cinema: Baboons as Friends. Beatriz da Costa PigeonBlog.
Exhibition tour with curator Rob La Frenais, 6pm Friday 2 October 2009
Non-Human Primates symposium with Sarah-Jane Vick - primatologist and psychologist; Patrick Munck - artist, videographer and collaborator with Nicolas Primat; Rachel Mayeri - artist, chaired by Rob La Frenais, 7-9pm Friday 2 October 2009
Tour of ENKI Experiment 4 with artist Antony Hall, 2pm Saturday 3 october 2009
Animals, Humans and Power symposium with Giovanni Aloi - editor Antennae; Ruth Maclennan - artist; Helen Macdonald, author of Falcon; Bryndis Snæbjörnsdóttir; Karen Knorr - artist and photographer, chaired by Rob La Frenais, 3-6pm Saturday 3 October 2009
Primate Cinema workshops on How to Act like an Animal with artist Rachel Mayeri, 1-3 and 3.30-5.30pm Saturday 3 October 2009
Becoming Bowerbirds workshop with artist Sally Hampson (based on an Arts Catalyst project at Zoological Society London), 2-5pm Sunday 4 October 2009
Interspecies Tales with poet and storyteller Shamin Azad, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm Sunday 4 October 2009
Kira O'Reilly [1], Antony Hall [2], Ruth Maclennan [3], Rachel Mayeri [4], Beatriz da Costa [5], Snæbjörnsdóttir/Wilson [6]
Arts Council England [7], Darwin 200 [8], A Foundation [9]
*Animal Radio is a Story Gallery, Lancaster commission funded by the Henry Moore Foundation.
Links
[1] http://www.kiraoreilly.com/
[2] http://www.antonyhall.net/
[3] http://www.ruthmaclennan.com/
[4] http://www.soft-science.org/mayeri.html
[5] http://www.beatrizdacosta.net/
[6] http://www.snaebjornsdottirwilson.com/
[7] http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
[8] http://www.darwin200.org/
[9] http://www.afoundation.org.uk/
[10] https://www.artscatalyst.org/editorial-status/completed
[11] https://www.artscatalyst.org/artists-practice/participation
[12] https://www.artscatalyst.org/artists-practice/storytelling
[13] https://www.artscatalyst.org/artists-practice/talks
[14] https://www.artscatalyst.org/geographies/united-kingdom
[15] https://www.artscatalyst.org/themes/animals