Art: Art Made Together with Non-Human Animals
From Here to Ear
Celeste Boursier-Mougenot
Related animal: Zebra Finch
Related Website: 70 Zebra Finches Rock Out On Electric Guitars At The Peabody Essex
"In From Here to Ear, the artist creates a sound environment featuring 40 zebra finches, taut harpsichord strings, wire coat hangers and an amplification system. With these materials, Boursier-Mougenot transforms the gallery into a customized aviary where audience members affect the activity of the birds, which in turn create a variety of sounds by interacting with the harpsichord strings and hangers."
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Celeste Boursier-Mougenot
Related animal: Zebra Finch
Related Website: 70 Zebra Finches Rock Out On Electric Guitars At The Peabody Essex
"In From Here to Ear, the artist creates a sound environment featuring 40 zebra finches, taut harpsichord strings, wire coat hangers and an amplification system. With these materials, Boursier-Mougenot transforms the gallery into a customized aviary where audience members affect the activity of the birds, which in turn create a variety of sounds by interacting with the harpsichord strings and hangers."
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Art: Aesthetic Expressions of Non-Human Animals
Bowerbird Bower Art?
Bowerbirds aesthetic ability and interest is quite fascinating. The males spend a huge amount of time to decorate their bowers which are not nests, but structures used just to get the attention of females. Are they making art?
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Bowerbirds aesthetic ability and interest is quite fascinating. The males spend a huge amount of time to decorate their bowers which are not nests, but structures used just to get the attention of females. Are they making art?
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Art: Art Made Together with Non-Human Animals
I Like America and America Likes Me
Joseph Beuys
Related animal: Coyote
Joseph Beuys spent five days with a coyote in a gallery. He describes the project as collaboration.
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Joseph Beuys
Related animal: Coyote
Joseph Beuys spent five days with a coyote in a gallery. He describes the project as collaboration.
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Art: Art Made for Non-Human Animals
ANIMAL ESTATE regional model home 4.0
Fritz Haeg
Related animals: Peregrine Falcon, Quail, Salamander, Sea Lion
"The on-going Animal Estates initiative produces events to consider the animals that we share our cities with, and creates dwellings for animals that have been unwelcome or displaced by humans. As animal habitats dwindle daily, Animal Estates proposes the reintroduction of animals back into our cities, strip malls, garages, office parks, freeways, front yards, parking lots, skyscrapers, and neighborhoods. Animal Estates intends to provide a provocative 21st century model for the human-animal relationship that is more intimate, visible and thoughtful."
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Fritz Haeg
Related animals: Peregrine Falcon, Quail, Salamander, Sea Lion
"The on-going Animal Estates initiative produces events to consider the animals that we share our cities with, and creates dwellings for animals that have been unwelcome or displaced by humans. As animal habitats dwindle daily, Animal Estates proposes the reintroduction of animals back into our cities, strip malls, garages, office parks, freeways, front yards, parking lots, skyscrapers, and neighborhoods. Animal Estates intends to provide a provocative 21st century model for the human-animal relationship that is more intimate, visible and thoughtful."
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Art: Art Made Together with Non-Human Animals
The Mended Spiderweb series
Nina Katchadourian
Related animal: Spider
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Nina Katchadourian
Related animal: Spider
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Amy Stein Photography: Domesticated Series
Amy Stein
A series of interactions between human and animals inspired by local news, examining our new natural history and our relationship with ‘the wild’. Her statement is as follows: My photographs serve as modern dioramas of our new natural history. Within these scenes I explore our paradoxical relationship with the "wild" and how our conflicting impulses continue to evolve and alter the behavior of both humans and animals. We at once seek connection with the mystery and freedom of the natural world, yet we continually strive to tame the wild around us and compulsively control the wild within our own nature. Within my work I examine the primal issues of comfort and fear, dependence and determination, submission and dominance that play out in the physical and psychological encounters between man and the natural world. Increasingly, these encounters take place within the artificial ecotones we have constructed that act as both passage and barrier between domestic space and the wild. The photographs in this series are constructed based on real stories from local newspapers and oral histories of intentional and random interactions between humans and animals. The narratives are set in and around Matamoras, a small town in Northeast Pennsylvania that borders a state forest.
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Amy Stein
A series of interactions between human and animals inspired by local news, examining our new natural history and our relationship with ‘the wild’. Her statement is as follows: My photographs serve as modern dioramas of our new natural history. Within these scenes I explore our paradoxical relationship with the "wild" and how our conflicting impulses continue to evolve and alter the behavior of both humans and animals. We at once seek connection with the mystery and freedom of the natural world, yet we continually strive to tame the wild around us and compulsively control the wild within our own nature. Within my work I examine the primal issues of comfort and fear, dependence and determination, submission and dominance that play out in the physical and psychological encounters between man and the natural world. Increasingly, these encounters take place within the artificial ecotones we have constructed that act as both passage and barrier between domestic space and the wild. The photographs in this series are constructed based on real stories from local newspapers and oral histories of intentional and random interactions between humans and animals. The narratives are set in and around Matamoras, a small town in Northeast Pennsylvania that borders a state forest.
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Art: Aesthetic Expressions of Non-Human Animals
Series of Art/Design Works With or About Animals
NOTCOT.ORG is a "visual filtration of ideas + aesthetics + amusements" chronicling the best in art and design on a regular basis. I chose to simply type "animal" into the search box to see what kind of stimulating and fresh ideas have surfaced in the realm of artistic efforts to collaborate with and gain inspiration from animals. The link gives over 5 pages of animal related art and design, many of which are thought-provoking and visually inviting.
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NOTCOT.ORG is a "visual filtration of ideas + aesthetics + amusements" chronicling the best in art and design on a regular basis. I chose to simply type "animal" into the search box to see what kind of stimulating and fresh ideas have surfaced in the realm of artistic efforts to collaborate with and gain inspiration from animals. The link gives over 5 pages of animal related art and design, many of which are thought-provoking and visually inviting.
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Snowball Dancing
Related animals: Cockatoo, Parrot
beautiful dancing by cockatoo! And an interesting article about the connection between voice mimicry and sense of rhythm.
Submitted by LisaJ [Write Review]
Related animals: Cockatoo, Parrot
beautiful dancing by cockatoo! And an interesting article about the connection between voice mimicry and sense of rhythm.
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Art: Art Made Together with Non-Human Animals
Mended Spider Webs
Nina Katchadourian
Related Website: Undreaming (Framed Spider Webs)
I think Lisa may have already showed this in class (or was it from her 7D class?)... Anyway, I could not find a link to it so here it is. Nina mends broken spider webs using thread. A lot of care and patience is required for such a task, but according to many articles, the spiders reject her work and move on. This makes sense, because she is using a bright color, where as their webs are clear and almost invisible. Again, I wonder if this hurts the spider, because it is forced out of its home, or was it going to leave its home anyway (since the web was broken)?
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Review by svasquez (05/10/09 17:20:09):
Also see http://www.purselipsquarejaw.org/2008/04/mended-spiderwebs.php
Nina Katchadourian
Related Website: Undreaming (Framed Spider Webs)
I think Lisa may have already showed this in class (or was it from her 7D class?)... Anyway, I could not find a link to it so here it is. Nina mends broken spider webs using thread. A lot of care and patience is required for such a task, but according to many articles, the spiders reject her work and move on. This makes sense, because she is using a bright color, where as their webs are clear and almost invisible. Again, I wonder if this hurts the spider, because it is forced out of its home, or was it going to leave its home anyway (since the web was broken)?
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Review by svasquez (05/10/09 17:20:09):
Also see http://www.purselipsquarejaw.org/2008/04/mended-spiderwebs.php
Catherine Chalmers
Catherine Chalmers
Take a look at Catherine Chalmers's art work! She works with all the creatures that the typical human being tends to be afraid of - cockroaches, rats, insects... She uses these animals together with themes that may make some uncomfortable (like death, sex, executions, and genetic engineering).
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Catherine Chalmers
Take a look at Catherine Chalmers's art work! She works with all the creatures that the typical human being tends to be afraid of - cockroaches, rats, insects... She uses these animals together with themes that may make some uncomfortable (like death, sex, executions, and genetic engineering).
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Museum of Animal Perspectives
Sam Easterson
A series of movies created by attaching cameras to animals. Interesting because you really get a sense of what interests the animal. However the comfort of the animals is questionable, and it might be more of a use of animals that a collaboration with animals.
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Sam Easterson
A series of movies created by attaching cameras to animals. Interesting because you really get a sense of what interests the animal. However the comfort of the animals is questionable, and it might be more of a use of animals that a collaboration with animals.
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Art: Art Made for Non-Human Animals
Tera Galanti: Wings
Tera Galanti
Related animal: Silk Moth
Tera Galanti, a local artist in Los Osas who recently showed at the Contemporary Arts Forum's 2009 Call For Entries Exhibition, works with animals in her art. In "Wings" she created environments where silk moths could return to their wild/original state so newer generations could fly again. http://teragalanti.com/home.html
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Tera Galanti
Related animal: Silk Moth
Tera Galanti, a local artist in Los Osas who recently showed at the Contemporary Arts Forum's 2009 Call For Entries Exhibition, works with animals in her art. In "Wings" she created environments where silk moths could return to their wild/original state so newer generations could fly again. http://teragalanti.com/home.html
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Art: Non-Ordinary and Metaphorical Collaborations with Animals
Intelligent Design Exhibition
multiple artists exhibition
Artists in the exhibition collaborate with cockroaches, pigeons, dogs, cats, ants, bears, baboons, rats, spiders, trout, and other species, which may be domesticated, imaginary, laboratory, modeled, or wild. Curious about the animal's point of view, artists design their projects as a form of conversation or inquiry about the nonhuman world. Their artwork challenges the anthropocentric perspective of the world, placing human perception on par with other animals. Inspired by Darwin, the environmental movement, and species collapse, Intelligent Design envisions a paradigm shift in which human beings are no longer the center of the Universe. The exhibition will also stimulate discussions about the differences and similarities of how the arts and sciences approach the world, animals as products, animal rights, conservation, and speciesism, as a form of prejudice against animals. Intelligent Design will be the first exhibition in the U.S. to explore interspecies art, coming on the heels of several exhibitions and conferences in the UK this year that explored the topic in light of this year's 200-year celebration of Charles Darwin's birth.
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multiple artists exhibition
Artists in the exhibition collaborate with cockroaches, pigeons, dogs, cats, ants, bears, baboons, rats, spiders, trout, and other species, which may be domesticated, imaginary, laboratory, modeled, or wild. Curious about the animal's point of view, artists design their projects as a form of conversation or inquiry about the nonhuman world. Their artwork challenges the anthropocentric perspective of the world, placing human perception on par with other animals. Inspired by Darwin, the environmental movement, and species collapse, Intelligent Design envisions a paradigm shift in which human beings are no longer the center of the Universe. The exhibition will also stimulate discussions about the differences and similarities of how the arts and sciences approach the world, animals as products, animal rights, conservation, and speciesism, as a form of prejudice against animals. Intelligent Design will be the first exhibition in the U.S. to explore interspecies art, coming on the heels of several exhibitions and conferences in the UK this year that explored the topic in light of this year's 200-year celebration of Charles Darwin's birth.
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Art: Animal Play Behavior
Santa Cruz Island
Related animal: Dolphin
The weekend spent in Santa Cruz Island was wonderful! We were very lucky to have seen a diverse and wide variety of beautiful animals. Just as we left Ventura, we saw a pod of dolphins consisting of about 100-300! It was the first time that I had ever seen a wild dolphin and words cannot explain the feeling of witnessing something so beautiful in mother nature. We also saw about ten humpback whales through out the trip, which was just spectacular. When we were on our way to the island we saw hundreds of dolphins swimming through the sea. Then unexpectedly, a sea lion came out of nowhere and began to copy the dolphins! It was hysterical. Obviously the poor sea lion wasn’t as graceful nor as fast as the rest of his/her dolphin friends, but it was just precious to see this sea lion try to become one with the dolphins and he/she loved the attention that we gave him! Of course the most memorable moment of the trip was when the humpback whale was so close to us that when he opened his mouth, we could smell his or her breath! It was gross, but also quite amazing at the same time. I found myself collaborating with the plants and nature when we went on our hikes just as much as I collaborated with the non-humans of the island. I took some beautiful photo’s of the dolphins, humpback whales, interesting spiders and luckily a small, slightly blurry photo of a bald eagle right before we left the island on Monday. I did see quite a lot of foxes, but never was around my camera to capture the moment. But sometimes I think it is more important to just enjoy the moment while it lasts instead of stressing to find a camera to capture the image. Overall, it was an amazing trip. Spotting thousands of dolphins, nearly ten humpback whales, interesting spiders, little cute foxes (who steal socks) and last but not least a bald eagle! It was a great experience and I cannot wait to go back and visit all of my nonhuman friends ☺
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Related animal: Dolphin
The weekend spent in Santa Cruz Island was wonderful! We were very lucky to have seen a diverse and wide variety of beautiful animals. Just as we left Ventura, we saw a pod of dolphins consisting of about 100-300! It was the first time that I had ever seen a wild dolphin and words cannot explain the feeling of witnessing something so beautiful in mother nature. We also saw about ten humpback whales through out the trip, which was just spectacular. When we were on our way to the island we saw hundreds of dolphins swimming through the sea. Then unexpectedly, a sea lion came out of nowhere and began to copy the dolphins! It was hysterical. Obviously the poor sea lion wasn’t as graceful nor as fast as the rest of his/her dolphin friends, but it was just precious to see this sea lion try to become one with the dolphins and he/she loved the attention that we gave him! Of course the most memorable moment of the trip was when the humpback whale was so close to us that when he opened his mouth, we could smell his or her breath! It was gross, but also quite amazing at the same time. I found myself collaborating with the plants and nature when we went on our hikes just as much as I collaborated with the non-humans of the island. I took some beautiful photo’s of the dolphins, humpback whales, interesting spiders and luckily a small, slightly blurry photo of a bald eagle right before we left the island on Monday. I did see quite a lot of foxes, but never was around my camera to capture the moment. But sometimes I think it is more important to just enjoy the moment while it lasts instead of stressing to find a camera to capture the image. Overall, it was an amazing trip. Spotting thousands of dolphins, nearly ten humpback whales, interesting spiders, little cute foxes (who steal socks) and last but not least a bald eagle! It was a great experience and I cannot wait to go back and visit all of my nonhuman friends ☺
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Art: Art Made Together with Non-Human Animals
Leonard Two
Related animal: Cat
Number two of the best of the pieces made together with Leonard the cat this quarter.
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Related animal: Cat
Number two of the best of the pieces made together with Leonard the cat this quarter.
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Leonard Three
Related animal: Cat
Number three of the best of the pieces made by me and Leonard the cat over the quarter.
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Related animal: Cat
Number three of the best of the pieces made by me and Leonard the cat over the quarter.
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Leonard Four
Related animal: Cat
Number four in the best of the pieces created by me and Leonard throughout the course of the quarter.
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Related animal: Cat
Number four in the best of the pieces created by me and Leonard throughout the course of the quarter.
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cats in laps
lily
Related animal: Cat
cats love warm laps and being drawn
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lily
Related animal: Cat
cats love warm laps and being drawn
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Art: Animal Play Behavior
Humpback whale from santa cruz island
Related animals: Bald Eagle, Dolphin, Foxe, Humpback Whale
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Related animals: Bald Eagle, Dolphin, Foxe, Humpback Whale
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Art: Art Made Together with Non-Human Animals
A VIsual Reference to the Sounds of Bradley Baxter III
For my final project I have decided to portray a visual reference of the video I recorded of my dog, Bradley Baxter III playing the piano for the first time. I decided to use pen and ink for my interpretation. I listened to the one-minute video of Bradley playing the piano and closed my eyes. I wanted to portray a way to view the notes he was playing, how long he held each key, etc. I decided to go about this project by using the method of blind contour. I listened to the notes he played about twenty times and closed my eyes. Then I got a piece of paper, put my pen and ink to the page and with my eyes closed I began to move my hand across the page, up and down as I listened to notes he would play. By doing this, I exercised my ears to correspond with the movement of my hand (without the knowledge of my eyes) in response to Bradley’s melody. I found the video very interesting to watch how he reacted on the piano and the sounds he made, however I also wanted to specify the actual notes he played and how exactly he played them. The song tended to be based off of the lower tuned chords, which was interesting since of course those chords are the deepest and most dramatic of all. It was a bit difficult however interesting to make an art piece based off of the sounds of a dog on a piano for the first time. I demonstrated the blind contour drawing about six different times and each time when I opened my eyes after the song was done, I noticed a particular frequent pattern. As similar as the lines on the paper look, they are each unique in their own way. It was very therapeutic to portray art solely based off of the sounds of my pet. I felt a connection with him that I have never felt before. A deeper one, depicted by our senses of sound and art. The visual imagery was only unleashed after I opened my eyes each time. By using the blind contour method, I was able to completely focus on the sound and I simply let it take my hand wherever it decided to go across the page.
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For my final project I have decided to portray a visual reference of the video I recorded of my dog, Bradley Baxter III playing the piano for the first time. I decided to use pen and ink for my interpretation. I listened to the one-minute video of Bradley playing the piano and closed my eyes. I wanted to portray a way to view the notes he was playing, how long he held each key, etc. I decided to go about this project by using the method of blind contour. I listened to the notes he played about twenty times and closed my eyes. Then I got a piece of paper, put my pen and ink to the page and with my eyes closed I began to move my hand across the page, up and down as I listened to notes he would play. By doing this, I exercised my ears to correspond with the movement of my hand (without the knowledge of my eyes) in response to Bradley’s melody. I found the video very interesting to watch how he reacted on the piano and the sounds he made, however I also wanted to specify the actual notes he played and how exactly he played them. The song tended to be based off of the lower tuned chords, which was interesting since of course those chords are the deepest and most dramatic of all. It was a bit difficult however interesting to make an art piece based off of the sounds of a dog on a piano for the first time. I demonstrated the blind contour drawing about six different times and each time when I opened my eyes after the song was done, I noticed a particular frequent pattern. As similar as the lines on the paper look, they are each unique in their own way. It was very therapeutic to portray art solely based off of the sounds of my pet. I felt a connection with him that I have never felt before. A deeper one, depicted by our senses of sound and art. The visual imagery was only unleashed after I opened my eyes each time. By using the blind contour method, I was able to completely focus on the sound and I simply let it take my hand wherever it decided to go across the page.
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Art: Other Related Research
"Thief in the Night"
Related animal: Raccoon
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Review by martincs (06/13/10 18:45:48):
"This is an image i painted remembering an interaction i had with a friendly neighborhood raccoon. he sat atop of a gazebo in the back yard and looked down towards me as i stood and chatted with him for a while. normally whenever a raccoon wandered into our yard, they tend to just ignore and run about their business, but this time there was a memorable collaboration."
Related animal: Raccoon
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Review by martincs (06/13/10 18:45:48):
"This is an image i painted remembering an interaction i had with a friendly neighborhood raccoon. he sat atop of a gazebo in the back yard and looked down towards me as i stood and chatted with him for a while. normally whenever a raccoon wandered into our yard, they tend to just ignore and run about their business, but this time there was a memorable collaboration."
Art: Art Made Together with Non-Human Animals
Art: Aesthetic Expressions of Non-Human Animals
How to Build a Nest One Step at a Time
Related animal: Bird
This artist created a robin nest. He made one for each step that the robin uses to make them to show the robin's nest making progress.
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Related animal: Bird
This artist created a robin nest. He made one for each step that the robin uses to make them to show the robin's nest making progress.
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