Animal Patterning Project dance performance 2015 (Art Daily). Commissioned by Pratt Institute and the West Harlem Art Fund, approximately 10 min with original music (New Chimes mastered at Banff New Media Institute/Banff Centre under a co-production grant). Animated interactive animal patterns derived from taxidermized animals photographed at the American Museum of Natural History were projected interactively onto dancers on West 131-132nd street in NYC at night (with motion tracking and drone photography).
Animal Patterning Project is a cross disciplinary/multi-faceted project that explores our sometimes-exploitative relationship with animals. It includes the historical practice of taxidermy, our unique ability to genetically manipulate their bodies and skins for our own purposes, and the dilemma of the displaced indigenous animal in the urban environment along with human attempts at reintroduction. It is a 2021 recipient of a City Arts grant from the New York Foundation of the Arts and NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs and is currently being featured in Becoming Feral, curated by the Center for Culture, History and Environment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
