Lynne Roberts-Goodwin also has a very unique form of artwork. She created a collection of photographs which she titled "Bad Birds". In her "Bad Birds" collection she took pictures of many different kinds of birds that are from the long-dead bird collection at the Department of Ornithology at the Australian Museum in Sydney. She was able to photograph these birds in an studio to make them her own. The first couple photos that she captured where birds that are native to Australia. The unique thing about these photos is that the birds weren't photographed straight on but from behind so you can't make out the face of the bird. This leaves the audience trying to figure out what kind of bird it is by its color and markings.
She photographed the birds from behind to give the viewer an easier guess as to what kind of bird is being shown. By looking at its upper body you can tell what gender the bird is, an estimated guess about how old the bird was, and even if it was a breeding or non-breeding bird. The unique thing about the birds being turned away is that it makes the viewers feel like the birds are trying to hide something. It almost seems like they have done something wrong and are sitting in the corner like little kids would, hence the title "Bad Birds".
I find this form of art to be very interesting. This art collection is contemporary and was created in 2005. The photos of the birds were placed in order as if they were in a museum exhibit, placed in three dimensional scene. I think it would be really cool if she showed all these pictures in a room as an exhibit. It is a very smart way to get the audience interested when you make them interact. They interact in a way where they have to guess what the kind of bird it is and even interact with each other in discussing about the photo. I think it was a genius idea and I wish I was able to view all the pictures to try and guess for myself.
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Matt - again, another nicely appreciative take, and a good sense of the artist and their work presented.
Some questions: you write that Lynne Roberts-Goodwin made the birds "her own." How do you mean? By the way she composed or staged the photographs? Can we see this as a collaboration in the way that Duprat's was? (Roberts-Goodwin's collaboration in some ways is with the Australian Museum's Department of Orinthology.)
Also - since you selected these two articles, how do you think they connect. Are they in conversation with each other? How so? Do they address nature in the same way? (Sure - one deals with the dead, the other, the living.) Or: how do they unveil nature to the spectator? How do they engage us in the natural - if that is what they are up to.
And what do these two articles reveal about Cabinet - a magazine that describes itself as a magazine of "art and culture." What approach to the art and culture is suggested?
Sorry to pepper you with questions. I like your selection of and curiosity about the articles presented. I wouldn't mind - as my questions suggest - hearing from you more, hearing more of our thoughts, takes, analyses.
But thanks for, so far, making the most of this assignment. I look forward to future blogs, and hearing from you more.
Carl
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