for birders: Koos Dijksterhuis film about sanderlings on the beach of Schiermonnikoog
Created by Benny Klazenga, Jeroen Reneerkens, Koos Dijksterhuis The sound track is a bit daggy but the human/nonhuman interface was well done.
nonhuman
1-800-ECOSFEAR
Go here to hear a prerecorded message about rescuing small animals. It was a Bill Burns work at the ICA. It’s truncated at the end so who knows what happened. http://www.safetygearforsmallanimals.com/ecosfear.html#
productivity, Japanese style
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2008/11/books-and-cats.html
touched by fire
I bought this beautiful book by Martin d’Orgeval The images come from a famous Paris taxidermy shop that was consumed by fire. This is one of the insect drawers. d’Orgeval, M. (2009). Touched by Fire. Gottingen: Steidl.
irn bru bird (bro)
The do-it-yourself guide to urban wildlife habitat regeneration or, how to make a kingfisher from a discarded IRN BRU can by Jethro Brice see http://www.instructables.com/id/kingfisher-project%2c-Kelvinbridge%2c-Glasgow%2c-2006/
Studies suggest males have more personality
Males have more pronounced personalities than females across a range of species – from humans to house sparrows – according to new research. Consistent personality traits, such as aggression and daring, are also more important to females when looking for a mate than they are to males. Research from the University of Exeter draws together …
Bruce Mowson’s birdland
Unfortunately no image but an interesting project: Birdland is an immersive sound work. Set in a 3D game construction space, visuals are minimalised and sound is maximalised in order to experiment with sensations, perceptions and flows of listening. Within the space, the user glides freely around sculptural, architectural and topological formations. The project aims …
The last passenger pigeon
The last passenger pigeon the world will ever know died on September 1, 1914
Aesthetics as a Way of Survival
Dutch artist Germaine Kruip filmed satin bowerbirds in her work Aesthetics as a Way of Survival similar to my 2004 video work herethere(hide). Her film about the bowerbird poses the question relating to the »artificial« and the »natural« in a surprisingly new way, encompassing the whole exhibition with this dichotomy. Guided by visual similarities …
A Duck For Mr Darwin
Evolutionary Thinking & The Struggle To Exist Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art 10 April – 20 September 2009 A Duck for Mr. Darwin is a group exhibition of contemporary artists exploring evolutionary thinking and the Theory of Natural Selection. The exhibition focuses on the legacy of Charles Darwin’s ideas and is informed by the …
Hydrobotanics Symposium 17 November
A symposium hosted by ICLL and Createc on the twin subjects of water and plant life in Western Australia. For its end-of-year symposium, the International Centre for Landscape and Language (ICLL) at ECU’s Mount Lawley Campus is pleased to present a distinguished array of biologists, geographers, writers, artists, and other creative and scientific people. The symposium will …
geometric form
I took this photo on Sunday at Lake Pollard and showed the photo as part of my presentation at the Hydrobotanics Symposium yesterday.
deadline for animal images to go to Newcastle
Get your images to my by email or post to arrive by 30 June at PO Box 747 Fremantle WA 6959
interesting lecture The Mirror Test: Humans, Animals and Sentience
A lecture by Sherryl Vint, Associate Professor at Brock University in St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada Date: Tuesday, 7 July 2009 Time: 6:00pm-7.00pm Location: Alexander Lecture Theatre, UWA Cost: Free. No RSVP required. Enquiries: iasuwa@admin.uwa.edu.au or (+61 8) 6488 1340??(The nearest carpark is P3 off Hackett Drive Entrance 1) The mirror test – a classic …
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