{"id":2774,"date":"2018-07-24T13:30:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T20:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.photosyn.ca\/previous\/?page_id=2774"},"modified":"2018-08-26T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T04:00:10","slug":"bernadette-mertens-mcallister-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.photosyn.ca\/previous\/bernadette-mertens-mcallister-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernadette Mertens-McAllister 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARTIST\u2019S STATEMENT<\/strong>
\nPhotosynthesis Show 2018, Artspring, SSI<\/p>\n

The series \u201cTrapped\u201d<\/strong>.
\n– \u201cRequiem du Loup\u201d
\n– \u201cRequiem du Rat\u201d
\n– \u201cRequiem de l\u2019Oiseau\u201d<\/p>\n

About 8 years ago, I was walking up the hill of our range in Upper Hat Creek, no trails, just scattered ponderosa pines and old fir trees. I stumbled on this trap, unattached. A bit farther, I found the foot of a wolf, chewed, broken off… I felt outraged! My heart was pounding with anger mixed with profound sadness. This beautiful animal had been trapped and tried to escape, dragging the trap. He lost a paw… How could he bear his pain and continue to survive?<\/p>\n

Rats are smart, beautiful but unwanted…<\/p>\n

Birds fly into windows leaving behind their spring songs, broken wings and weeping notes of a burnt violin…<\/p>\n

My heart bleeds for the innocence, the helplessness of the animals enduring the brutality of us humans.<\/p>\n

Note that each photo will be mounted in a display box (plexiglass, 20\u201d x 20\u201d). Objects like feathers, rat traps and the wolf\u2019s paw will be assembled with the images.<\/p>\n

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