Rachel Mayeri: Primate Cinema: Baboons as Friends

Title:

Primate Cinema: Baboons as Friends

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Exhibiting Artist(s):



• Rachel Mayeri -
  • Harvey Mudd College

Symposium:

• ISEA2012: 18th International Symposium on Electronic Art

Venue(s):

• 516 ARTS Gallery, Albuquerque, United States

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.

Category:

• Installation Art
• Video Art