Look, it's daybreak, dear, time to sing
Travelling Exhibition
Curated by Sylvie Fortin
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita, Kansas
August 19 - December 4, 2021
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Omaha, Nebraska
November 20, 2019 - February 15, 2020
From suburbs to farmlands to the heart of densely populated cities, birds dwell wherever humans have settled. Some find ways to thrive in these ever-transforming ecologies, while others are adversely impacted, if not threatened with extinction. In their varied ways of cohabitating with humans, birds offer rich situations to reflect on the implications of living in more-than-human worlds.
For their exhibition at the Ulrich Museum, entitled Look, it’s daybreak, dear, time to sing, artist duo Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens present works that explore points of contact between birds and humans in an effort to expand and thicken the meaning of hospitality, care, and communication between species. Stretching into the distant past while drawing us into possible futures, the exhibition focuses on our capacity to imagine and build shared worlds that elaborate possibilities for generations of avians, humans, and a host of other species.
Works presented: Futures; The Violence of Care; What Birds Talk About When They Talk; Survival Edition of Popular Wooden Games; and Community Toolshed for the Birds. Installation views, Ulrich Museum of Art.
Look, it's daybreak, dear, time to sing (2021)
