The Horned Skullship

Event Name:	The Horned Skullship
Description:	London-based artist Tessa Farmer uses insect carcasses, plant roots and other found natural materials to create The Horned Skullship, a hanging installation depicting a nightmare fairytale. A swarm of skeleton fairies ride to battle in a skullship, constructed from a ram’s skull. This ship is flown by beetles, butterflies and dragonflies harnessed to the bone, and contains a wasps nest, serving to hold various small insects used for food, torture and experimentation. The Skullship is pursued and surrounded by a swarm of carnivorous insects. Most end up as prey themselves, speared by the fairies with hedgehog spines or caught in cobwebs stolen from spiders, now mobilised by the fairies.
Type of Event:	Other Exhibitions
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Event Location:	Southbank Centre
Event City:	London
Type of Venue:	Cultural Center
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Event Start Date	04-Sep-09