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DESCRIPTION:Speculative taxidermy is a resolutely non-anthropocentric take 
 on the materiality of one of the most controversial media in contemporary 
 art. It challenges the postcolonial conception of panoptic power\, which c
 haracterizes natural history taxidermy and dioramas\, to pose pressing que
 stions about human-animal coevolutions. In opposition to naturalistic taxi
 dermy\, in which the hand of the craftsman must conceal its work\, specula
 tive taxidermy flaunts the manipulated essence of preserved animal skins a
 s an indelible material-trace of shared pasts and problematic presents. In
  the hands of contemporary artists\, this non-realistic manipulation can r
 eveal chains of human-animal vulnerability normally concealed by the natur
 alization of common practices like domestication. \n\nDr. Giovanni Aloi is
  a published author\, educator\, curator and maker specializing in environ
 mental subjects and the representation of nature in art. Since 2006\, Aloi
  has been the Editor in Chief of Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual
  Culture. He is the author of Art & Animals (2011) and Speculative Taxider
 my: Natural History\, Animal Surfaces\, and Art in the Anthropocene (2018)
 \, Why Look at Plants? - The Botanical Emergence in Contemporary Art (2019
 ) and Lucian Freud Herbarium (2019). He is a radio contributor and a regul
 ar public speaker at the Art Institute of Chicago and has curated exhibiti
 ons including photography\, digital\, and time-based media. Aloi currently
  lectures on modern and contemporary art at the School of the Art Institut
 e of Chicago and Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York.\n\nZoom: 913 12
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SUMMARY:Speculative Taxidermy: Animal Surfaces and Art in the Anthropocene
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