from Deep Green Resistance News Service
It is amazing to me that one act, one object can hold such powerful and different meanings for those involved. I wonder what meaning, purpose and effect giving this gift has for the one who gave it. I learned what I knew all along- that what we need is real connection, with ourselves and with others. Nothing else matters. And now this message comes to me- newness, rebirth, transformation and the dawn of a new day- mine if I want them, the tag reads. Why yes, yes I do.
I found bird number 8 on my way home from Trade Joe’s! Its very nicely made and I am very impressed. I was with 2 of my friends who did not want me to pick up the leather pouch for fear that it would be full of manure. However, the tag made me feel like the contents should be harmless enough so I opened it up to find a beautiful little bird. Before going to Trader Joe’s I attended a Fluxus Panel Discussion at NYU and I find that the Birds Ear View Collective has a little Fluxus influence as well. Art as a created experience. The bronze bird itself is not the art (as beautiful as it is) but the experience of discovering it was the art. Or both. Regardless, thank you so much! I am hoping to be an art dealer one day (studying Economics, International Business with a minor in Art History at NYU) and maybe one day is we are both successful (and by one day I mean in 15 years or so), I do hope we cross paths again.
Sincerely,
Bird Owner Number 8
gusrenaud asked:
The bird has landed!
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The ways in which urban environments interfere with wildlife on the ground are self-evident. As audio-visual artists, we are keen to find out more about how wildlife is affected in the air, especially in a city that is built to reach high into the sky.
With the help of NYC Audubon, the charity that protects wild birds living in the city, we learned that thousands of birds fly into skyscrapers during migration season in autumn and spring every year. They are distracted by lights at night and cannot see the buildings because of their mirror-glass surfaces during the day.
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Otherness, ambiguity and the feeling of not fitting in intrigue Alexandra Wolkowicz. She is interested in the ways in which we seek to make sense of the unknown (life and death) through ritual, performance and our relationship with the natural world. She likes collaboration or exchange with an audience and this gives her a sense of connection, understanding and belonging. Her process of making art is like a treasure hunt for glimpses of truth, whilst simultaneously playing with the seductive smokescreen of make believe. Her artwork examines other worlds but seeks to express something real behind layers of artifice and mystery. Wolkowicz is interdisciplinary and experimental in her approach and prefers working site specifically in order to create an environment in which to view work. She has an open-hearted, open-minded attitude and goes where the practice takes her.
