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Animal Instincts -Natural Selections 2. Conical 2004
Clearway: STAIRWELL VIDEO INSTALLATION
1. Magpies 2. spider (daddy Long Legs) 3. Horses 4. Hitler VIDEOS : aprox. 3mins. on loop
This work is part of an ongoing/developing series of works/Installations that began in 2003 at Occular Lab, Melb. The project is a video Installation exploring the tenuous relationship between natural and technological worlds. On this occasion I am working with common characters from the 'natural' world and historical archive of human behavior.
The project unites imagery from the 'natural' world with historical footage within a technological framework/ structure. These works are sculptural in that they are physically adapted objects that spatially relate to objects in a prescribed space. Common animals appearing in common environments are presented alongside manipulated archival footage of human behavior at its worst (Hitler) to present a platform for discussion on the notion of Darwins theories of 'natural selection, and survival of the fittest in a world seemingly more fragile than ever before. The work is then mixed with a soundtrack that hopes to create a tension or unease, reflecting the current world political climate.
In a sense this work is a construction of a 'natural' world, or in actuality a 'non natural' world. Either way, the constructed environment is a place for speculation, a space for a critique on relationships within natural worlds; human, animal and land relationships and also human and history relationships. History as a defining characteristic of being human.
Sean Loughrey 2004
