A new City Gallery exhibition explores the way humans and animals see each other. Inspired by a llama on the streets of Wellington and an essay challenging the sentimental way people look at animals in zoos, multi-media curator, Megan Dunn created Messengers.
Using quirky and disturbing images of animals in the National Archives, including some from the 1950s of Auckland and Wellington Zoos, Dunn commissioned four artists to bring the archives to life.
Through godwits, elephants and ruru, Messengers asks us to consider our stewardship and interconnectedness with other species.
Messengers is being hosted at the National Library while the City Gallery undergoes earthquake strengthening.
Brit Bunkley, Elk Photo: https://citygallery.org.nz/exhibitions/messengers/
