The Forgotten Zoological Garden: A Photographic Study of the Heterotopic Museum Taxidermy Display

Murphy, Alexandra (2022) The Forgotten Zoological Garden: A Photographic Study of the Heterotopic Museum Taxidermy Display. In: Exhibiting Animals: Curatorial Strategies and Narratives, 18th - 19th November 2022, Faculty of ‘Art Liberales’, University of Warsaw.

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Abstract

This paper considers the influence of the museum space on its taxidermy collections as their own heterotopic sites of expression, that of a lost or forgotten metaphorical zoological garden. The taxidermy specimen is ambiguous, it is both of itself and something other - in its skin of likeness its materiality is present, but also absent, wrapped in metaphor and construction.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Depositing User: RED Unit Admin
Date Deposited: 14 Dec 2022 11:40
Last Modified: 14 Dec 2022 11:42
URI: https://bnu.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/18630

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