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Each perched on their own pedestal, Afsaneh, Asra and Drishti are at first glance owls carved in beige marble. In Julia Scher’s imagination however, the form of the owl is not strictly bird-like, the stance and legs are modeled on those of humans, specifically of men, while the imposing shoulders and brow are of human and horse origins. Even the owl’s coat is a mix of feathers and hair. The combination of human and animal characteristics are a nod towards a post-human interspecies future, as well as a reference to the large role that human imagination plays in how we interpret the behaviors of animals. Signifiers of wisdom and watchfulness, owl’s night vision and the ability to see prey make the animal a formidable hunter and predator, suggesting a subtle but wide-reaching analogy to surveillance technologies and their usages.
