Predator Project

Detail of museum signage comparing the vision of predatory and prey animals, pair of stereoscopic viewers with miniature scenes of animals that humans commonly consume.

Stereoscopic photograph of beef cattle (animal commonly consumed by humans), inkjet prints, stereoscopic viewer

"Les Combat des Predateurs (Homage to Delacroix)" "Men are tigers and wolves pitted against one another." Eugene Delacroix, French 1798-1863

Detail of "Les Combat des Predateurs," Oil on paper

Replicas of WWII stereo 3D surveillance photos

Monoprint, photograph of the U.S military's Predator drone

Oil on paper, monoprints of images from Operation Crossbow, the mission against German long-range weapons systems that utilized stereoscopic images to detect missiles

"Man the Hunted" Hart, Sussman, 2005, diorama illustrating Hart and Sussman's argument that the human species was shaped not by being an apex predator, but instead by being prey.

2012

This installation considers the implications of labeling humans as apex predators within a conflict-based view of "nature." It aligns 3D vision/depth perception as a trait of predatory animals with historical use of 3D surveillance in war, overlaid with recurring animal metaphors and symbols, and culminates in the presentation of alternative, provocative views of a more peace-driven ecology.

Laser-cut text, inkjet prints of stereoscopic photographs depicting animals commonly consumed by humans, stereoscopic 3D viewers, oil on paper, monoprint, reproductions from original WWII aerial reconnaissance photos (in a private collection, courtesy of David Eisenman), diorama, wall labels, excerpted text on panel
Photos: Will Arnold

MARIA LUX

Predator Project