Timothy Leung
“The Dog”
Digital photographs, faux and real fur, found objects
This body of work reflects the metissage of human and
animal identities; the co-existence of environments and of living. The beauty
of an animal is altered through selective breeding, genetic sciences and animal
hybrids. As a result, the wild, free and untamed nature of these creatures is
forever frozen in place. The dog is domesticated and carefully bred, it may
never go and hunt with a bonded pack its natural behaviours and survival skills
are refined and hybridized. These images do not argue whether selective
breeding and genetic sciences are right or wrong but ponder the moral
questions. The plaited pelt symbolises domestication and control while the
eight photographs display past freedoms. The nest and shoe capture a co-existent
environment, living within the boundaries of other species.
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