Interface between the art gallery and the zoo
I was fascinated last night by the ‘Interspecies’ contemporary art exhibition which opened at the Cornerhouse, Manchester UK recently See: http://www.artscatalyst.org/projects/global/interspecies.html. It will tour to London, Edinburgh and Northumberland, and, I understand new work thereafter will allow it to extend to other venues
This has been put together by a remarkably innovative organisation called Arts Catalysts that puts together projects that bridge the art and science worlds
Art Galleries are places of exhibition and encounter, and so are (good) zoos. Forward looking zoos also constantly look for new ways to engage and challenge the quite massive and inclusive audience that visit them ( far larger and more democratic, I am afraid, than most contemporary art venues).
Is there an opportunity to somehow merge the two approaches in some way?
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Just seen the info on the exhibition. Presume I am too late to catch this one in Manchester?
No, I am afraid Interpecies closed last week – 23rd March.
However I understand Interspeces will now move to other venues around the UK and also that Arts Catalyst will create some kind of successor exhibition – perhaps in collaboration with UK zoos