Moveable Observation Post/ High view point
Installation
Materials:
Collection: De Vleeshal Collection, Middelburg (The Netherlands) (Inv. no. VH0243).
Two life-size aluminium giraffes, covered with giraffe skin and camouflage suits, observe their surroundings from their high observation post. The cameras mounted on their heads record everything that is going on around them. Visitors gaze at the animals in this strange zoo, but the animals also look back at the visitors. The hierarchical relationship between man and animal played out in a typical zoo is turned on its head, calling into question man’s mastery over nature.