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Project name Super Kingdom : Monarchy
Organisation London Fieldworks
Persons Jo Joelson,Bruce Gilchrist,Dugal McKinnon
City London
Country UK
Period 2010
URL http://www.londonfieldworks.com/projects/super-kingdom/index.php
Tags biology, animals, architecture, environment, territory, displacement, urban, growth, conservation, population,
Text SUPER KINGDOM can be viewed as a social engineering experiment for animals - a new community in the making referencing despot's palaces, gated community developments such as Alphaville in Brazil and the fortified exclusivity afforded to the wealthy and super-rich - all designed to keep urban reality at bay. CONTEXT Super Kingdom is a reference to both the utopian imaginary and biological taxonomic hierarchy and is a sculptural installation of animal 'show homes' in a woodland environment, based on the architecture of despot's palaces. It reflects both human and animal hierarchy as territorial relationship to landscape; is informed by changing habitat, the displacement of animals as a consequence of urban development and conservationist strategy, and global concerns about fluid populations and porous borders.