Becoming Monkey: Project Proposal
An interdisciplinary R&D combining art and science to explore rehabilitation, enrichment and re-monkeying of ex-pet capuchin monkeys… while considering the potential power of re-monkeying humans.
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Below: Enrichment Object examples to show material, form and craft processes, taken from Pinterest
An example of enrichment weaving
An example of weaves and folds for handmade enrichment
Daisy & Ulysses - previous work
Puppetry, interactive performance, installation and sculpture by Daisy Jordan & Ulysses Black, relevant to the proposed R&D project.
Daisy Jordan - miniature installation "The Monkey House in January"
Daisy Jordan - interactive performance installation
Daisy Jordan - projection installation, animation still
Ulysses Black - Interactive performance lecture about ritual
Ulysses Black - interactive performance game about symbolism and connections
Ulysses Black - Street Theatre Ritual
Daisy Jordan, interactive sculpture (part of installation)
Daisy Jordan & Ulysses Black, The Illuminator puppet film
Daisy Jordan & Ulysses Black - Sorrowful Tale of Sleeping Sidney puppet show
Daisy Jordan - miniature one-to-one "lambe lambe" puppet show
Daisy Jordan - animation, installation
Ulysses Black, interactive one-to-one theatre piece
Above: A microcinema “jungle” experiment with layered soundscape done during DYCP - exploring digital media and puppetry. We want to explore using audio again during this project.
Above: Experimental rainforest film created with puppetry, mask and greenscreen, created during DYCP. These techniques will be used and built upon for the digital side of the R&D.
Partner Support: Wild Futures, Living Links & Primatologists
“we would love to have you carry out research for your art project here... your proposed project sounds brilliant!”
“I see Becoming Monkey as an exciting, thought-provoking project, with potential to have an impact on how its audiences relate to the natural world that is positive for primates, people and nature.””