olly & suzi homesection

A major art installation at The Natural History Museum July 20 2001 - May 6 2002

Collaborative British artists Olly & Suzi work with photographer Greg Williams in remote polar, desert, jungle and ocean environments, tracking, painting and interacting with predators and their prey. Animals are encouraged to interact physically with their paintings; mauling, biting or scratching the works - leaving their trace - evidence of a unique performance.

For The Natural History Museum, Olly & Suzi present an installation of photography, film, painting and drawing throughout the interior and exterior of the Museum.

A gigantic photographic work White shark bite is being displayed at the Exhibition Road entrance, while throughout the museum there will be works showing interactions with predators such as anacondas, saltwater crocodiles, white sharks, tarantulas and wild dogs.

Much of Olly and Suzi's art is made in collaboration with scientists in the field, and they are fascinated by the interaction between art and science. As they say, "Our art-making process is concerned with a collaborative, mutual response to nature at its most primitive and wild. We aim to document the passing of animals and habitats that are here now but may not be for much longer."

Throughout the exhibition they will be working with the Museum's scientists, naturalists and research biologists as artists-in-residence. The exhibition will also be supported by an events programme for visitors, including participatory workshops and talks by scientists from the museum and elsewhere, and by Olly & Suzi themselves.

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