{"id":774,"date":"2014-07-04T19:15:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T19:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trish.wampa.net\/?post_type=portfolio&p=774"},"modified":"2016-07-11T17:51:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T22:51:39","slug":"opossum-childs-room-2011-2012","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/trishigo.com\/?portfolio=opossum-childs-room-2011-2012","title":{"rendered":"Opossum (Child’s Room), 2011-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Jill and I\u00a0analyze the endless and often contradictory facets of humans’ relationship to animals we are both pensive and charmed by a child’s perception of animals. \u00a0At some point in our pasts, we all imagined animals as happy and knowing beings with families, friends, and stories of adventure. \u00a0Opossum<\/em> is an installation which has had several different installations but this Child’s Room<\/em> version at 500X best illustrates a young one’s\u00a0enchantment with animals. \u00a0We created a set-like installation of a child’s bedroom with various unrealistic representations of bunnies, bears, lambs, elephants and other\u00a0animals in all media–designed wallpaper, ceramic ‘stuffed’ animals, found objects, and a taxidermied opossum climbing over the bed so that a viewer can reflect on changes in their perception of animals in their own lifetime. The last five images show a previous installation of Opossum<\/em> at Gallery 219.<\/p>\n