wylie beckert, happily unemployed (none)
i think it would be interesting to look at how animals experience art: whether they are capable of creativity or are merely being manipulated by human artists. my background is mainly in graphic art, drawing and some computer art. i have no pets at the moment, but i have had dogs, birds, and rats.

PROJECTS

05/24/06 09:59:46 Chinchilla dance
  05/24/06 10:16:29 - another progress update
TEXTS

How To: Art Made Together with Non-Human Animals
"Step by Step Guide to Collaborating with Animals"
Resources

Book: Art Made for Non-Human Animals
Why Paint Cats (the ethics of feline aesthetics) By Burton Silver, Heather Busch

Book: Speciesism and Animal Rights
Last Chance to See By Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine

Book: Non-Human Animal Perception and Cognition
King Solomon's Ring By Konrad Z. Lorenz

Movie: Non-Art Interspecies Collaborations
A Boy and his Dog By LQ Jones (director)

Book: Non-Ordinary and Metaphorical Collaborations with Animals
MacGregor Was a Dog By Diane Redfield Massie

Website (News): Interspecies Relationships
NASCAR Conservationist

Website (Art Project): Non-Ordinary and Metaphorical Collaborations with Animals
Stalking Cat (person)