The Beast Pit
This is a bestiary. A
collection, an index or an inventory of animals, of some of the animals present
in our lives or of animals simply made up for the occasion. To make up our bestiary
we have used photography (because people think that an object in order to be
photographed must actually exist, which is not always the case), painting (the
imagination struggles with a blank page, sometimes the imagination wins and
sometimes the page wins), collage (the image found and re-used, its original
meaning mutilated with scissors) and seedy-cine (home cine-camera, plastic
projector, a strange assortment of light effects, the only thing that's any
good is the title).
These are animals we have
found at home, in the street, in zoos or in supermarkets, under stones, chained
up or running wild, at the bottom of the sea or at the bottom of a bowl of
soup. We would like to make it clear that the animals in our exhibition have no
historical or mythological meaning: for us, an animal does not represent or
symbolise or mean anything, it just exists, full stop. Animals are everywhere,
animals are interesting, and that's what we want to put across.
We want to combat human
beings' arrogance when they use animals without really thinking of them, when
they keep them without really knowing them or eat them without even seeing
them. Because we should never forget that humans are animals too. We are not
superior to the dolphin, the shark or the ant. We're just slightly different.
That's all.
What our little
show is made of
The exhibition is made
up of seven different series. They are independent but have been commented in
depth between the two of us, and we've exchanged ideas, opinions and
suggestions: that's why, in spite of the obvious differences between us, a
distinctive family resemblance can be seen.
The Tears of a Chicken Penned In el
animal como tapa Camouflage
-Common or garden The Pit Noah’s Ark