The Birdwatchers · Group exhibition

bitforms gallery is pleased to announce The Birdwatchers, a group exhibition featuring work of four contemporary artists that observe nature and repurpose it within altered landscapes, as part of their interdisciplinary practice. The exhibited works include physically animated plants and animals, video, animation, letterpress prints, and drawing on paper. What is it about bird watching? Is it related to the urgency to comprehend, forecast and, later, control our immediate environment? The definition of nature always was, and still is, in flux. Currently, our apprehensive care of the environment goes along with our decreasing contact with nature. Many of us are unable to name our local trees or birds, many have no clue about how plants and animals interact with our surroundings. And yes, while we may be loosing connection with the natural world, we certainly have increased our interactions with 'technological nature'. Gabriela Albergaria creates an artificial garden in Fictional Landscape, drawing an impossible connection between two trees distant from each other. Jeffrey Blondes' La Taille des Antes uses a mounted camera on a motorized turntable, recording one fluid 360-degree rotation over the course of a year. Adriana Salazar engineers Moving Plants and Birds constrained to follow the artist's will using custom electronics. Marina Zurkow's practice leans towards environmental engagement, designing narrative spaces that bring together environment elements under controlled conditions. Curated by Laura Bardier, an independent curator and Collection Administrator at the Estrellita B. Brodsky Collection.