Event

This screening includes Stuffed

Date and time:: Mon, Feb 24, 2020, From 7–8:24 pm
Runtime:: 1 hr 24 min
Cost:: $4

Due to unforeseen circumstances, artist Allis Markham will no longer be present for this screening or for an artist talk. A post-film discussion "An Anatomy to Remember: Science and Art in the World of Taxidermy" will follow the screening.

Guests participating in the post-film discussion include:

Susan Hengeveld, Senior Lecturer (Ornithology & Intro Biology), Department of Biology, Indiana University
Laura L. Scheiber, Director, William R. Adams Zooarchaeology Laboratory and Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University
CANCELLED: Allis Markham, Taxidermy Artist, Prey Taxidermy

CANCELLED: Artist Allis Markham will also give a public artist talk and Q&A on Tuesday, February 25, at 5:30 pm in the Fine Arts Building in the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Room 015.

Allis Markham's visit is supported by IU’s Art and Humanities Council’s Indiana Remixed. and the Grunwald Gallery in the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design.

Series: International Art House Series, Science on Screen

Rating:: Not rated
Year Released:: 2019
Format:: Virtual
Genres:: Documentary
Metadata:: Directed by Erin Derham

Stuffed is a documentary about the surprising world of taxidermy. Told through the eyes and hands of acclaimed artists across the world, the film explores this diverse subculture, where sculptors must also be scientists, seeing life where others only see death. From an all-woman studio in Los Angeles which has elevated taxidermy to the forefront of fashion and modern art, to fine artists in the Netherlands, these passionate experts push creative boundaries. The film highlights a diversity of perspectives including an anatomical sculptor in South Africa and a big-game taxidermist in Ohio. And, in an unexpected twist, Stuffed reveals the importance of preserving nature, using taxidermy as its unlikely vehicle, and the taxidermist as its driver. Allis Markham, owner of Prey Taxidermy, is an award-winning taxidermist based in Los Angeles. In 2017, she was named ‘Third in the World’ at the World Taxidermy Championships. Born in the small town of Madison, Ind., Allis grew up with a love of both nature and art—happily with a lack of supervision that made exploring both possible. Her clients include the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, the Moore Lab of Zoology, The Frost Museum of Science, Colorado State University, and The Getty Museum.