Rachel Mayeri

Other News

• Primate Cinema at Documenta 13

  Primate Cinema is part of the “Worldly House,” organized by artist Tue Greenfort, along with other projects inspired by Donna Haraway’s writing.

• Primate Cinema: Apes as Family will premiere in Liverpool at the Abandon Normal Devices festival 29 September to 2 October.

  Primate Cinema: Apes as Family will premiere in Liverpool at the Abandon Normal Devices festival 29 September to 2 October.

• May 20 Talk at Marin Headlands with Laurel Braitman

  http://www.headlands.org/event/animals-are-people-too/ Artists Rachel Mayeri and Laurel Braitman (AFF ’11) discuss human perceptions of animals, and animals’ perceptions of themselves and other species. Mayeri will screen her multi-stage project,Primate Cinema, in which a video of humans emulating ape behavior is shown to a group of chimpanzees at the Edinburgh Zoo; Braitman will share aspects of her research […]

• Review by LA Weekly

  EXCERPT “Beginning with Primate Cinema, the crowd was treated to a masterful rendition of what a dramatic film made expressly for apes might look like. Rachel Mayeri’s 15-minute monkey-movie exploration involved the participation of primatologists and actors in chimp suits and gave everyone a healthy and provocative “What the fuck did we just watch?” feeling reserved […]

• We Make Money Not Art article on Primate Cinema

  http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2011/10/primate-cinema-apes-as-family.php