Speciesism in art is for a big part taxidermy in art This site writes: “Well they are dead anyway” … http://www.ravishingbeasts.com/taxidermy-artists/ But they exactly use the dead bodies of nonhuman animals, because these animals obviously have lived before. Using a dead body is a means to gain possession in a definatory way over the de […]

Does being a speciesist make someone REAL REAL REAL REAL special? And artists do usually want to be very special to stick out, to make themselves a name, create themselves fame, etc. No actually no, being a speciesist doesn’t make you special in the arts scene unfortunately, but still in particular young artist women who […]

My life is your life The only thing that’s being made clear in: Bansky’s http://thevillagepetstoreandcharcoalgrill.com is that animals are seen here as pathetic in their ‘Erscheinung’ and that it seems to be thrilling to ridicule their physics and their core existential problems. It seems that the primate used in that exhibition is made from a […]