Press and Statements

CASA VOGUE--TIM WALKER TAXIDERMY SHOOT.
In order to see this article please visit www.timwalkerphotography.com and click on projects, then go to Casa Vogue October 2009.

OBSESSION PRESS RELEASE.

“A glimpse to the left and a flock of seagulls, real seagulls as if ripped on the rocks reveal the contents of their guts, transformed from the disgusting the gulls flow with embroidery and are beautified in their death, rescued from the internet by Jane Howarth”
Michael Fenton (Independent Critic)

OUTRAILS- EXHIBITION STATEMENT
Museums have for hundreds of years created displays that inform us about evolution, natural history and the ever-changing world.
Taxidermy has for many years been used as a way to inform people about the beauty of animals in the wild and natural habitat. Its boundaries have never really been pushed. It has been through periods of high celebration and has suffered from political correctness.
I am trying to use it as a way to display more than just an animal in its natural habitat. I desire to enable taxidermy to speak about our world today. I want to bring the notion of taxidermy into the 21st `Century. To bring it into Art galleries, make us consider! Make us question.
The works on display are a combination of wanting to create pieces inspired by various articles and a particularly memorable program about how pollution from chemical, radioactive, and nutrient sources, oil spills and marine debris are killing thousands of sea birds.

“Six times more plastic is floating in the mid pacific than plankton”.

“Sea birds are increasingly ingesting large amounts of plastics of small sizes, such as lighters, combs, and anything else. When the birds return to land, these plastics return with them in their stomach, and can then be found by their nests.”

“On Midway Atoll, 40% of albatross chicks die, their bellies full of trash. Swirling masses of drifting debris pollute remote beaches and snare wildlife.”

The stomachs of the birds on display are full with what one might see as beautiful objects such as pearls and leather gloves, these are also things that humans have taken from nature to enrich their lives but discard at a whim when (perhaps) fashion dictates. Thus trying to make comment on the effect our lifestyle of lustful consumerism has on the world that sustains us.
Many birds are drawn to eat these sparkling, richly coloured items and as a result die.

DEFRA REGULATIONS.
I hold a current LICENCE TO SELL DEAD BIRDS under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Issued by NATURAL ENGLAND.
None of the birds used in my work were taken from the wild illegally.