Project Gallery: Bik Van der Pol at PAMM

Through Feb 21, 2016

Speechless is a new work by the Rotterdam-based artistic duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol), is a multilayered exploration of how we speak about the precarious state of the natural world. The work consists of a custom-built aviary, which houses five parrots taught to mimic phrases from T.S. Elliot’s seminal 1922 poem, “The Waste Land.” The aviary is furnished with a jumble of sculptural letters that spell out the terms “global warming,” “climate change,” and “sustainability.”

Pérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33132
305.375.3000
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