Indoor Birding
Collaboration with Jason alderman
Made for Code Kitchen's "Synthetically Natural" Show
ROLE: illustration/animation/programming, co-fabricator
Classic Audubon bird illustrations were often drawn from deceased specimens. Indoor Birding takes inspiration from these drawings, but showcases the birds as they behave in the wild.
The installation features a wall of picture frames, each filled with an outdoor scene. At random intervals, the previously static birds spring to life and animate across the scene. The birds fly and chirp, each singing a signature call of their species. Viewers can look through binoculars get a closer view of the birds, just as they might in their own backyard.
All included birds are local to the San Diego area and feature sounds from the Cornell Ornithology Library.
