Wildlife: A Field Guide to the Post-Natural

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Lois Andisonbirdscapes in red and blue (red) 2000fabric, feathers, headphones, cd player and armatureSound composition by Mike Trommer and Nicholas Stirling

Wildlife examines a world where nature is mediated by corporate and economic agendas, technology, science, mass media - in short, culture. Human influence on nature is evident all around us: from deforestation, sheep-cloning and performance enhancing drugs to wildlife theme parks and videos. In her exhibition statement, guest curator Lisa Gabrielle Mark proposes that what is generally called "nature" today might be better described as "post-natural." Mark has structured Wildlife as a non-comprehensive field guide to the post-natural world whose "sightings" include the textile works of five artists from Canada, the US and Australia. Each of the works uses textiles to emphasize the interaction of nature with technology and culture, since textiles themselves are an age-old manifestation of this phenomenon. Take a walk on the "wild" side and experience Lois Andison's ambient birdscapes; Nina Katchadourian's mended spider webs; Jake Moore's robotic moths; Warren Quigley's caged companions; and Louise Weaver's crocheted covering for taxidermied animal forms.