This was from a flicker group doing Photoshop tennis with the subject matter Charles Darwin. A version of this game eventually made it onto the cover of a book. Note Beagle, finch, Lamarck’s giraffe, beards on iguanas, tree of life sketch coming out of bible. Also subtle images on the cloak. I’ve always liked […]
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The December 2008 issue of JVME (Journal of Veterinary Medical Education) is devoted to human-animal interactions, ways to teach it, and work with specific populations. The articles are written by long-time practitioners and scholars: http://www.jvmeonline.org/content/vol35/issue4/index.dtl
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This is not my studio but it does make you wonder. This weekend I cleared out my studio after having been there 4 years. Its currently stacked in my garage and am on the search for a new one. I have already seen some burgeoning offices at Murdoch but have not plucked up the
The archetypal office creature Read More »
Cane toads reached the Quarantine Station at the WA/NT border near Kununurra (as reported in the West Australian).
Cane toad day Monday 2 March 2009 Read More »
Cane toads reached the Quarantine Station at the WA/NT border near Kununurra (as reported in The West Australian).
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Amateur footage by CFA volunteer David Tree http://player.video.news.com.au/theaustralian/?WbReiP1p5ONg3JLSMRELswy8O9r9Yt5Z
thirsty Koala after the Victorian fires Read More »
This work by Nina Katchadourian (I have reproduced a screen grab below) invites you to make a scale from cutest to ugliest animal by shifting around these image tiles. You can see that there are opposing parties working here trying to confirm or undermine mainstream notions of cute. Which animal do you most identify
create your own continuum of cute Read More »
These are from an illustration of sexual selection in a popular science encyclopaedia
“Love-Nest of the Bower-bird” Read More »
Over the last few years I have been investigating the boundaries between the human and nonhuman worlds — how people both relate to and represent animals in the wild, in zoos and museums. As a sculptor I am interested in their material and spatial presence in the world, but my work is generally driven initially
Something to do on a long flight… not the drink but scribbling through in-flight magazines
a boring plane flight Read More »
A photograph by Archibald James Campbell Bower of the great bowerbird photographed between 1870 and 1929. Sepia toned, 16.4 x 19.5 cm image; 20 x 24.7 cm mounted. Part of A.J. Campbell collection, 1832-1921 http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24826696
Archibald James Campbell (1853-1929) Read More »