Nichole van Beek, grad student (art/ucsb)
I grew up in a family of dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, a gunea pig, mice, lizards, frogs, and fish but have been without sustained friendship with anyone from another species for the last 12 years. I'm wondering if any non-pets are interested in hanging out with me.

PROJECTS

04/23/06 23:28:11 By the spermophilus beecheyi
  05/02/06 10:04:43 - SMOCA: Spermophilus Museum of Contemporary Art
  05/04/06 16:28:14 - Brokeback Bluff
  05/16/06 19:21:33 - New Ynez
  06/12/06 23:55:02 - compost and composure

06/06/06 14:12:59 Mobile homes
TEXTS

How To: Art Made Together with Non-Human Animals
"How to Philosophically Deconstruct the Issues Surrounding Collaboration in Order"
Resources

Movie: Interspecies Relationships
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill By Judy Irving

Book: History/Philosophy - Relationship Human/Non-Human
Electric Animal By Akira Mizuta-Lippit

Article: Speciesism and Animal Rights
The Conscious Carnivore: The Ethics Of Eating Meat By Tanith Tyrr

Article: Interspecies Relationships
Eggheads Invent Tele-Petting By Lakshmi Sandhana

Article: Art Made Together with Non-Human Animals
Art in Review; Michael Joo By GRACE GLUECK

Art: Art Made Together with Non-Human Animals
From Here to Ear By Celeste Boursier-Mougenot

Book: Non-Human Animal Perception and Cognition
Augmenting the Animal Kingdom By Lakshmi Sandhana

Article: Non-Ordinary and Metaphorical Collaborations with Animals
Imitation of Animals in Yoga Tradition: Taming the Sacred Wild By Christopher Key Chapple

Website: Aesthetic Expressions of Non-Human Animals
Cover versions - the superb lyrebird

Website (Art Project): Art Made Together with Non-Human Animals
From Here to Ear: Celeste Boursier-Mougenot

Website (Organization): Interspecies Relationships
Island Fox Recovery Program

Website: Interspecies Relationships
Squirrel Cam