Andrea Roe

The taxidermist handles the bird, using his knowledge of its physiology and the way it moved. The process of preparing remains also reveals history, the last meal is recorded, an egg may still be locked inside. The sensory experience of taxidermy is where Roe’s particular interest lies. Her duck eggs are lit from within. The act of giving life back is fundamental to her practice. However, in all of her works the viewer is asked to do more than witness a mere ressurection. Roe's "little monsters" are not human in either their technological or biological components, but evoke our essential human-ness by bringing together our scientific knowledge of the natural world, mastery of invention, and investment in the symbolic meaning of objects and experiences. These eggs are somewhat different from her anamatronic taxidermy, they suggest potential life, an unknown and menacing, glowing growth.