I am not there
Summary
A site specific installation in Beaumaris Zoo, Hobart Tazmania, the home of the last thylacine held in captivity. It comprises 20 colourful signs on a tall post containing names given to the thylacine by the colonists during their one and a half centuries of contact with the species.
Supported by
Ten Days on the Island Festival
Description of project
Site specific sculpture as part of the Ten Island Festival, Hobart, Tasmania. The installation Big Mouth (2004), from which these signs are taken, was originally shown in the celebrated Tramway 2 gallery in Glasgow.
Description of work included
1. I am not there -1.
2. I am not there -2.
Type of work
Sculpture
Published in
Reconstructing the Animal, Ten Days on the Island Festival, Hobart, Tasmania. Curated by Dr. Yvette Watt (18th March to 10th April 2011)
Link to web site
http://www.utas.edu.au/plimsoll/exhibition/past-exhibitions2/exhibitions/new-exhibit2
Other description
Reconstructing The Animal publication
Title of book: Reconstructing the Animal (Exhibition Catalogue)
Catalogue Essay: Dr Carol Freeman
ISBN: 978 11 86295 611 7
Pages: 32 (Snæbjörnsdóttir/Wilson pp. 3, 6, 7, 12-13, 24, 28)
Editor/s: Dr Yvette Watt
Publisher: The University of Tasmania
Date: March 2011
Date
2011-03-18Creator
Snæbjörnsdóttir, Bryndís
Keywords
Fine art
contemporary art
site specific sculpture
visual art
animal studies
thylacine
Publication type
artistic work
Language
eng