LISTEN TO THE WHALES
Exhibition: Artship Olympia, Philadelphia, PA June 24 - October 2, 2016
Thank you for visiting.
COMMUNICATE
MECHANICS
I invite you to decode the language of the whales. We reject the 19th century scientific attempt to dominate the earth and the sea. Interspecies relations can be more than conquest and destruction. PT Barnum's whale fiasco at the American Museum in New York City was part of a long list of horrors perpetrated against these creatures. We imagine an alternate scenario where maritime resources are not for war, but instead for understanding whales and the ocean. Could we learn something from mammals so much larger than ourselves? Listen to the Whales comes out of that imagining. Who knows what we will discover?
Exhibition: Artship Olympia, Philadelphia, PA June 24 - October 2, 2016
Thank you for visiting.
COMMUNICATE
MECHANICS
I invite you to decode the language of the whales. We reject the 19th century scientific attempt to dominate the earth and the sea. Interspecies relations can be more than conquest and destruction. PT Barnum's whale fiasco at the American Museum in New York City was part of a long list of horrors perpetrated against these creatures. We imagine an alternate scenario where maritime resources are not for war, but instead for understanding whales and the ocean. Could we learn something from mammals so much larger than ourselves? Listen to the Whales comes out of that imagining. Who knows what we will discover?