Ritual In Pairing
Ritual In Pairing
The boy bowerbird holds a blue marble in his beak—a shiny, colorful object he has collected to impress the girl. The theme and title of my May 2019 show is dedicated to bowerbirds, their Ritual in Pairing. I have been fascinated with them since watching a David Attenborough documentary that followed this uniquely artistic species of birds.
The male bowerbird’s purpose is to become the best performance artist and sculptor he can be. He spends eight years learning how to build a bower of sticks that acts as symbolic portal of love as well as a theater. In Australia, locals much be careful with their shiny trinkets or coins, as bower birds are known to steal them as well as toys, pretty garbage wrappers, and jewels to create an attractive collection around the bower. Surrounded by the carefully curated gleaming pieces, the arched bower of sticks is a mesmerizing place to sit and watch him dance. The female bowerbird is the critic of his work: if his colorful arrangement is flawless, if his dancing and singing is exquisite enough, she will fall in love with him and agree to reproduce. They will never see each other again.
My life’s purpose is to use art to bridge the emotional gap between humans and animals. Complex, ritualistic animal behaviors are often simply dismissed as instinct. I think animals are so much more like humans, I believe they have utterly complex minds and feelings.
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