Walrus Territorial Tusk Fighting by Charli Clark

Walrus Territorial Tusk Fighting

Walrus’s are creatures of great strength and power, we know this because we can watch them on a television screen or read about them in a book or online. Although we may be seemingly aware of the animal kingdom, our experience of it and how we understand it is distanced and stalled by the circumstances we live in. This work attempts to connect us with sights and scenes that regularly play out in nature, that are rarely seen by people in the flesh. In ‘Walrus territorial tusk fighting’ a scene from a TV show has been recreated on the streets of London, in an attempt to enhance a passer-by’s experience of, in this case a walrus tusk fight. In today’s world it is sometimes hard to comprehend exactly how brutal and raw nature can be. We live in a cotton wool society where we are protected from everything, bar ourselves, where the way we fight does not depend on the strength of our bodies but rather the money in our countries accounts. ‘Walrus territorial tusk fighting’ hopes to capture an event on film that would otherwise only happen away from tower blocks and billboards. It was an event that captured a small audience, which hopefully appreciated the experience and left feeling excited and awed by the idea of the nature they had just seen played out before them. Animal noises have been included as the sound track aiming to enhance the viewer’s experience of the natural world.

Year: 2011

Medium: Digital Media

Size: 3612px x 2040px