Special Issue of Antennae
To coincide with the opening of the exhibition Fashioning Feathers: Dead Birds, Millinery Crafts and the Plumage Trade at the Royal Alberta Museum I guest-edited a special issue of Antennae: the Journal of Nature in Visual Culture dedicated to art, plumage and birds. Contributors include: Amanda Boetzekes, Kate Foster, Liz Gomez, Kirsteen Greer, Hayden Lorimer, … Read more
Installation at the RAM
Click on the link to view a set of photographs documenting the installation of Fashioning Feathers at the Royal Alberta Museum taken by Andriko Lozowy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35723494@N04/6850812632/sizes/c/in/set-72157629214786968/
Fashioning Feathers @ the Royal Alberta Museum
I am delighted to announce Fashioning Feathers will be opening at the Royal Alberta Museum (RAM) on March 24 2012! This show will be different than the original FAB show as we are incorporating RAM collections into the show. We are making the most the the RAM’s fantastic Natural History specimens – using them to … Read more
Practicing Post-Natural History Display
I will be travelling to London this month to present at The Royal Geographical Society’s Annual conference in a session entitled “Exhibitionary Geographies and the Post-Museum”. In the presentation I will be discussing the conception, curation and installation of Fashioning Feathers…
Press Coverage of FF @ FAB
Parlour Magazine: “Fashioning Feathers“ “Fashioning Feathers is an exhibit that explores the geography, history, and cultural relevance of the plumage trade and its impact on the fashion industry. Consequently; the complexities of human/animal relationships arise and spark a questioning of social consciousness and couture.” The Edmonton Journal: “All for the Love of Feathers“ “U of … Read more
Opening Night Photographs
Photographs from the opening night of Fashioning Feathers… at the Fab Gallery, University of Alberta on the 19th of May 2011 The photographs were taken by Vlad Gomez.
Stuffed Bird Attached
Stuffed Bird Attached is a collaborative bookwork complied by Kate Foster and Merle Patchett for the show Fashioning Feathers… Environmental artist, Kate Foster and cultural geographer, Merle Patchett have been collaborating on a “series of interventions in the afterlives of zoological specimens” for the past five years (see Patchett, Foster and Lorimer 2011, Patchett and Foster … Read more
Gallery Installation
For some more photographs taken by Andriko Lozowy of the installation process click here. This time the photographs are of the installation of Fashioning Feathers… at the FAB Gallery. Enjoy!
Fashioning Feathers Prep
This week we have been installing Fashioning Feathers… at the FAB gallery. Part of this included casing and transporting taxidermy bird mounts from the Renewable Resources Zoology Collection at the University of Alberta to the FAB Gallery. This process was documented by Fashioning Feathers… official photographer: Andriko Lozowy. To see the complete set of Andriko’s … Read more
