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Monday, December 17, 2012

Currently Hanging: A Sad Elephant, Shuffling

Posted by on Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 10:33 AM

Did anyone go to the Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants protest on Saturday that Cienna wrote about?

This video, by artist Sarah Jane Lapp, was posted in comments there, but I wanted to pull it up. In addition to being affecting, Lapp herself is worth mentioning. Here's a bit of love to her, written by her friend Mike Curato, who surely has the right last name for a friend to artists.

Thanks for the tip, Erik.

 

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Pope Peabrain 1
I can't watch. They are such sensitive, complex and beautiful creatures. They deserve better. So do we.
Posted by Pope Peabrain on December 17, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Michael of the Green 2
The shuffling breaks me in two.
Posted by Michael of the Green on December 17, 2012 at 12:31 PM
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This made me cry. Seriously, fuck these zoo people. There's no good reason to keep an elephant in Seattle. This is coming from an ecologist who truly understands the conservation and educational value of zoos.
Posted by peabug on December 18, 2012 at 2:51 PM
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Thank you for this post...
almost four years have passed since our video's completion; I can only hope that its labors will bear freedom's fruits sooner than later. I would like to mention Kimberly Mills and Mark Trahant who initially took the risk to hire me to work for the P.I.'s editorial board where they eventually published my final op-art (on the eve of the P.I.'s print demise some years ago):
http://cinemagoat.com/images/op-ed/Eleph….
This image's publication led to my video collaboration with activists Alyne Fortgang and Nancy Pennington, the true champions of the elephants' anti-incarceration campaign. May their tireless tenacity bring some blessings in 2013!

Posted by cinemagoat on January 3, 2013 at 2:28 PM

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