Tate Modern "Dying
Sparrow"
Scandinavian
artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset commissioned Crawley
Creatures to realise their vision for the contemporary (and
controversial) 'Untitled' series, exhibited at the Tate Modern
in 2004.
Trapped
between two panes of glass in the gallery, the sparrow, which
is barely 10cm in length, is linked to a computer which controls
the movements of the death throes.
So
lifelike is the sparrow that Tate staff saw fit to warn the
RSPB that passers-by may call them to say that a small bird
had become trapped within the window space!
