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Zoos

Lar Gibbon. England, 2007. © Craig Redmond
This series explores the unnatural captivity of wild animals in zoos - ‘False Environments’ where the paintings of trees, rocks and other landscapes may fool the viewing public but do nothing to benefit the lives of animals who will never experience freedom.
"'But what if Jacob never gets to Africa to see a real giraffe?’ my mother asks ... Even if my son did go to the zoo, he would still not see what I consider to be a real giraffe, but rather a cultural stylisation, simplification, distillation, of a giraffe; a sample of giraffe; a (situated) representation of a giraffe.”
Randy Malamud, Professor of English at Georgia State University, USA, and author of Reading Zoos: Representations of Animals and Captivity

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Lar Gibbon. England, 2007. © Craig Redmond<br />
This series explores the unnatural captivity of wild animals in zoos - ‘False Environments’ where the paintings of trees, rocks and other landscapes may fool the viewing public but do nothing to benefit the lives of animals who will never experience freedom. <br />
"'But what if Jacob never gets to Africa to see a real giraffe?’ my mother asks ... Even if my son did go to the zoo, he would still not see what I consider to be a real giraffe, but rather a cultural stylisation, simplification, distillation, of a giraffe; a sample of giraffe; a (situated) representation of a giraffe.”<br />
Randy Malamud, Professor of English at Georgia State University, USA, and author of Reading Zoos: Representations of Animals and Captivity