Rachel Mayeri: Primate Cinema: Baboons as Friends
Title:
- Primate Cinema: Baboons as Friends
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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.
