Intelligent Design
Interspecies Art

Catherine Chalmers

Known for her hyperrealistic photography, Catherine Chalmers' experiment with wildlife documentary in Safari was produced in her studio with an unlikely choice of fauna. A macroscopic lens follows the point of view of a cockroach on adventures in an apparent tropical paradise, encountering exotic insects that Chalmers collected for the film. Chalmers' lush rendering of a cockroach world is the artist's attempt, as she says, "to try to understand what it is not to be human."

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Links to artist:

http://www.catherinechalmers.com

Video link:

http://www.catherinechalmers.com/videos.cfm