Archive recordings of bird impersonator Edward Avis and budgerigar Sparkie
Williams are spliced to form a 'call and response' between
left and right speakers. Avis mimics calls from British songbirds
and Sparkie answers in English. In part the work alludes to
romantic notions of a lost, Arcadian England.
Unheimlichkeit
has been shown in many exhibitions since 1998 including: Puppylove,
Ikon Gallery touring; Proyecto Tenerife, Spain and most recently
Flock, Spacex Gallery, Exeter.
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