Rachel Mayeri: Primate Cinema: Baboons as Friends
Title:
Primate Cinema: Baboons as Friends
Artist(s) and People Involved:
Exhibiting Artist(s):
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Rachel Mayeri
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- Harvey Mudd College
Symposium:
Venue(s):
Medium:
2-channel video installation
Duration:
5’30” loop
Artist Statement:
Baboons as Friends is a two-channel video installation juxtaposing field footage of baboons with a reenactment by human actors, shot in film noir style. A tale of lust, jealousy, sex, and violence transpires simultaneously in human and nonhuman worlds.
