A Library for Birds...
4:00 a.m.
03/31/16 - Participating in an interactive installation can be intimidating and even overwhelming, but it is always rewarding. First, you must patiently await your turn at the entrance, Then, under the strict control of the security guards, go through a series of doors. You will finally reach the core of the installation, in this case "The Library for the birds of New York", by Mark Dion.
The Library for the birds of New York, by Mark Dion
Installation - several materials
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery - March 2016, New York
Once inside, the singing and flapping of wings of hundreds of birds surround the visitor, also locked in their cage, with a huge tree in the middle.
The Library for the birds of New York, by Mark Dion
Installation - several materials
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery - March 2016, New York
The base of the tree is covered with birds- and Nature-related books, while the branches display others dedicated to Astronomy, Politics, Medicine and even a copy of Dante's Divine Comedy.
Other objects, as birds' skulls in jars, dissected animals, cartridges and portraits of Zoologists, are also part of the artwork.
The Library for the birds of New York, by Mark Dion
Installation - several materials
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery - March 2016, New York
The installation criticises the powerful institutional structures and the way they represent Nature, how they collect samples and code them.
The Library for the birds of New York, by Mark Dion
Installation - several materials
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery - March 2016, New York
The books represent the human need to understand the world and the cage, our thrust to dominate it. In the meantime, birds fly carelessly and will gradually cover everything with their feces.
The Library for the birds of New York, by Mark Dion
Installation - several materials
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery - March 2016, New York
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