Why Look At Animals?
Maya Perry
IL
2019,
7’42
An emotional observation of animals that have gone through the taxidermy process – painting and scratching onto 16 mm film becomes a reflection of a taxidermist using their hands to create a sculpture from a corpse, a reflection of life from the perspective of death. The presence of hands upon the bodies of these animals becomes a symbol of control, of violence and even of tenderness.