Tomio Koyama Gallery
Closes Nov. 21
When asked why he considers his work "art," Marcus Coates says, "Because no one else would do this," pointing to his installation "Dawn Chorus" (2007) at Tomio Koyama Gallery.
It's a fair point — the video piece that took three years to complete presents individuals singing bird songs that Coates and wildlife sound recordist Geoff Sample collected one dawn in Northumberland. After slowing the songs down 16 to 20 times, people were asked to mimic them, then Coates sped the footage back up, making the singers appear to act like birds.