Word: whitetail
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...come here,” says Rebecca S. Lieberman ’10, describing the evolution of her art throughout her time at Harvard. Lieberman’s final exhibition as an undergraduate will feature selections from her thesis in Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) including “Whitetail Deer, A to Z,” a two-hour video piece...
...thesis exhibition consists of “Whitetail,” installed alongside several sculptures made of wood and synthetic wood substitutes. The video is a restaging of a 1984 instructional taxidermy video, where she replaces the titular animal with a driftwood log. “I was interested in taxidermy as a practice of display and representation, and the way in which the natural becomes a replica or representation of itself,” Lieberman says...
...video features a re-staging of an instructional taxidermy video, but Lieberman’s version replaces the dead whitetail deer from the original with a log of driftwood. “Taxidermy is interesting in how the animal becomes a replica and a representation of itself,” Lieberman says. “In my particular video, I address the relationship between the process of taxidermy as a mode of representation and art and sculpture.” During the event, the video installation will play alongside an actual taxidermied deer, highlighting how her work comments...