David Sprecher: Mitts
Dec 15, 2018 - Dec 23, 2018
This show is inspired by 15 objects that lived in the Saint Louis Zoo with bears and large cats. The objects are referred to by zoos as 鈥渂ehavioral enrichment objects鈥� and are intended 鈥渢o provide captive animals with the environmental stimuli necessary for optimal psychological and physiological well-being.鈥� Branded with names like Jolly Egg, Bobbin, Pill, Boomer Ball, Wobble Ball, Holey Roller, and Iceberg, they are colorful geometric solids made of hard rubber or plastic. They are hard enough to be immutable in human hands but become impressively deformed over time by the bodies of large carnivores. The works in this show are sculptural responses to a selection of used behavioral enrichment objects.
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This show is inspired by 15 objects that lived in the Saint Louis Zoo with bears and large cats. The objects are referred to by zoos as 鈥渂ehavioral enrichment objects鈥� and are intended 鈥渢o provide captive animals with the environmental stimuli necessary for optimal psychological and physiological well-being.鈥� Branded with names like Jolly Egg, Bobbin, Pill, Boomer Ball, Wobble Ball, Holey Roller, and Iceberg, they are colorful geometric solids made of hard rubber or plastic. They are hard enough to be immutable in human hands but become impressively deformed over time by the bodies of large carnivores. The works in this show are sculptural responses to a selection of used behavioral enrichment objects.
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