Brandon Ballengee works mostly with reptiles, amphibians and fish. In 1996 he started collaborating with scientists to create hybrid environmental art and ecological research projects.
Another aspect of his work is involving local communities in his field studies. like Mark Dion the methodology of collection and recording becomes part of an audience participant live art work. Some of this is exhibited in terrerium like installations, as well as video and living art pieces
.
Based in New York his work sees him collecting specimens and harvesting creatures with abnormal growth such as extra limbs, eyes or other mutations. The increasing number of deformities found in frogs due to environmental degradation fueled large bodies of work. specimens are recorded, injected with dyes, x-rayed and scanned to produce high resolution images which Ballengee exhibits, show casing his remarkable findings.
Another aspect of his work is involving local communities in his field studies. like Mark Dion the methodology of collection and recording becomes part of an audience participant live art work. Some of this is exhibited in terrerium like installations, as well as video and living art pieces. 
No comments:
Post a Comment