Red-Tail

Leila Jeffreys x Melvin J. Montalban

Edition of 8 + 2 Artist's Proofs

Single-channel moving image artwork
4K UHD, colour, stereo sound
Duration: 5 minutes 13 seconds

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'Red-Tail' presents the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, revealing gestures and details beyond the limits of ordinary perception. Drawn from 'Temple', the monumental moving image installation created by Leila Jeffreys and Melvin J. Montalban, the work invites a contemplative encounter with one of Australia's most iconic birds.

This edition may be acquired individually or paired with 'Blush', a companion work featuring the Galah, also derived from 'Temple'.

The artwork is supplied with a certificate of authenticity and archival digital master for exhibition and display.

Cinematographer - Chris Bryan
Bird Trainer - Ravi Wasan, Feathered Friends Bird Sanctuary
Composer - Jackson Milas

Series

Songs of Innocence

The exhibition takes its title from Songs of Innocence by William Blake. For Blake, innocence was not naivety, but a primary state of being, an unselfconscious way of seeing the world before life experience changes our perception. It is a state of clarity, closer to how a child encounters life, open and attentive.

This body of work brings together new portraits created in collaboration with organisations working at the forefront of wildlife care and conservation. Each work emerges through these relationships and the environments in which the birds are encountered.

by Neha Kale

LEILA JEFFREYS

Leila Jeffreys is a renowned contemporary artist working across photography, moving image and installation. She is best known for images of birds, photographed at human scale, that explore and subvert the conventions of portraiture. Jeffreys, who lives and works in Sydney with her husband and son, sees her avian subjects as living beings, part of a practice that expands viewer’s hearts by drawing attention to interdependence between species.

Jeffreys’ work is a result of years-long periods of research and exploration. In the tradition of artist-activists, she conducts fieldwork, collaborates with conservationists, ornithologists and sanctuaries and champions programs to protect and restore endangered habitats.

Nigel Lough / Travel & Luxury Magazine / News Ltd

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