The Endangered exhibition focuses on endangered and vulnerable plants, animals and buildings of the Ipswich area. During the development of the project three distinct bodies of work emerged The Exquisite Corpse Series, Wreathed and Memorial.
Exquisite Corpse series:
A series of works as a response to what is seen as the end point for a species, the corpse. The series “the exquisite corpse” is a play on words (Influenced by the game “the exquisite corpse” created by the Surrealists). I created a series of drawings of animals with wings that are listed as endangered or vulnerable in Ipswich, Qld. Using drawings (made from "skins"and/ or taxidermy from the Qld Museum) I created a series of hybrid animals using three or four parts per image. I also wanted to refer to a quote by William Borroughs “that which is recorded can be edited” and apply it to these fragments of the animal drawing on the history of Museum (Fijian Mermaid) and possible future cloning techniques.
Photography by LeAnne Vincent
Exquisite Corpse series:
A series of works as a response to what is seen as the end point for a species, the corpse. The series “the exquisite corpse” is a play on words (Influenced by the game “the exquisite corpse” created by the Surrealists). I created a series of drawings of animals with wings that are listed as endangered or vulnerable in Ipswich, Qld. Using drawings (made from "skins"and/ or taxidermy from the Qld Museum) I created a series of hybrid animals using three or four parts per image. I also wanted to refer to a quote by William Borroughs “that which is recorded can be edited” and apply it to these fragments of the animal drawing on the history of Museum (Fijian Mermaid) and possible future cloning techniques.
Photography by LeAnne Vincent