Overkill

An installation by Shannon Eakins

Monday November 13th through Friday December 8th, 2006
Artist Reception:Thursday November 16th from 7-9 pm

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Ice Box Contemporary Art is pleased to present Overkill, an installation by Shannon Eakins.

Sport hunting research has made significant strides in attracting deer using sounds and smells related to the breeding process. Working as powerful motivators, these lures offer hunters the opportunity to easily communicate with deer on their own terms, however false that communication may be.

Overkill, an installation by Shannon Eakins, is an environment designed to entice whitetail deer to come into icebox. Eakins is hunting for viewers. Her prey is deer. Eakinsí work hopes to engage wild animals in genuine (if not strictly visual) ways. She is curious if a wild animal could have a shared aesthetic experience with humans, and attempts to meet them half way using known lures to get them through the door. If the gallery smells like deer, it must be deer, right? Like children leaving milk and cookies for Santa, Eakins is interested in the longshot. Her hope is that the crowd (deer and people, maybe) will find what they are looking for--perhaps a willing mate, an appreciation of the objects, sounds, and smells, or maybe just a quiet place to graze.

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