Bigfoot is Probably Real.
reception December 3, 2009, 6 to 8pm
exhibit December 3 – 31, 2009
Stop by 4Culture this First Thursday for the opening of a solo exhibit by Eugene Parnell, the West Coast’s foremost cryptozoological reconstruction artist. Parnell creates installations and interactive works that navigate the mental geographies of childhood and the politics of Natural History displays. The exhibition expands on Parnell’s foray into the Bigfoot/Sasquatch mystery begun in a recent Kirkland Arts Center group show, False Proof.
Bigfoot is Probably Real. is an interactive installation where visitors can: don large wooden strap-on feet to recreate hoax Bigfoot tracks; read a sampling from countless eyewitness accounts of Bigfoot sightings; and hear the audio from a genuine 911 emergency call made by an eyewitness. Parnell also offers visitors the memorable experience an actual Bigfoot encounter – his one-of-a-kind, 8 foot taxidermied specimen. Read more
Taxidermied Bigfoot (detail), Urethane foam, steel, epoxy resin, glass, bigfoot hide, pigment, 2009 © Eugene Parnell
