Christopher Moon is a Yorkshire born London based artist, writer and photographer. His photography has taken him from Knottingley, West Yorkshire shooting maggot farms, to New England U.S. documenting children’s Summer Camps.
His latest collection focuses on the urban environment and how we try to make it more pleasant with the introduction of animals despite building spaces that are hostile to their existence.
“Are They Real?”
We need to have animals within our environments for connection and comfort, despite the fact many of the animals will not give a second thought to us. If they are absent, then we will bring them in as facsimiles, because it seems we cannot live full enriched lives without them. Some might say this is a form of control, but I see a more optimistic reason, in that we want a constant reminder of who we share the world with.
We will paste them on our walls, make statues of them on our buildings, even embed them into our pavements. We want them here, we even pretend to be them. This strange sharing of space, this invitation to come and join us, is as fascinating as it is perplexing.
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