Beak Disorder: a sound and sculpture installation
Author
Faculty Advisor
Date
2018
Keywords
Beak Disorder, anthropogenic climate change, Canada, United States, avian keratin disorder, sculpture
Abstract (summary)
This paper discusses Leslie Sharpe's sound and sculpture installation project "Beak Disorder," exhibited at Manizales, Columbia for Balance-Unbalance 2016. The work addresses how anthropogenic climate change may be affecting birds in the Pacific Northwest regions of Canada and the United States. "Beak Disorder" is a project that references an unexplained condition documented in birds in the Northwest of Canada and Alaska called "avian keratin disorder" where the bird's beak becomes distorted and elongated. The work includes a series of 3D printed distorted beaks as well as a sound piece and web component.
Publication Information
Sharpe, Leslie. “Beak Disorder.” Leonardo, Vol. 51, No. 3 (2018), MIT Press, USA, edited by Ricardo Dal Farra, 2018, pp. 287–288.
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Item Type
Article
Language
English
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