{"uid":"xgA7mRfVDEBrxhrC","type":"artist","tags":["instalation","sculpture"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"The last surviving female Southern White Rhinoceros","summary":"'The last surviving female Southern White Rhinoceros' takes as a point of departure the human attempt to control everything in our world \u2013 be it Flora or Fauna \u2013 in an absolute and destructive manner. The sculptural and sound installation consists of a large wooden crate with the dimensions of 2x2x4 meters, completely sealed except for one small peeping hole. From inside the crate, some deep sound of slow and heavy breathing is heard, disappearing at times and coming back, accompanied by painful, quiet moans. Having only one small hole through which one person at a time can look into the crate, a line of people waiting for their turn is part of the installation, and when one finally gets to look through the peeing hole, not much can be seen - the minimal light installed in the crate allows the peeping person to notice an abstract dark shape, a \u201cthing\u201d, whose face and legs \u2013 if it has any at all \u2013 cannot be seen. Being the last one of its kind, the value of the caged animal \u2013 whether actually seen by the public or not \u2013 is indisputable. Acting within a Western colonial tradition of exhibiting and presenting objects, artworks, animals and human beings in Palaces, Natural History Museums and major exhibition venues for the pleasure of Western bourgeoisie, the work places the public in the position of oppressors, confronting them with their personal role within existing power structures and systems, and addressing questions regarding dominance, pleasure and objectification.","space":"To create a convincing, awe-striking effect of the work and establish the right relations between the work itself and the space in which it is presented, the installation (which spreads together with its surroundings on about 10 square metres) should be installed in the middle of a clean, at least 50 square meter space, leaving enough room for a long line of people waiting to look through the peeping whole, as well as walking around the work and observing it as a whole from various distances.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":null,"audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"names":"Itamar","surname":"Gov","email":"itamargov@gmail.com","dni_type":"Other","dni":"201207669","address":"Fuldastr. 40","city":"Berlin","nacionality":"Israel","country_id":"61","birthdate":"1989-02-26T23:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1989-02-26T23:00:00.000Z","telephone":"00491785574244","web":"www.itamargov.com"}