fox in the nat museum of wales
- Created by: Joe Edgar
- Created on: 15-02-17 11:13
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- The Fox in the National Museum of Wales
- The Fox represents the future.
- It passes by all the exhibitions showing civilisations and species' which have long died out, confined to history.
- 'the dodo', 'between dynasties', 'left the industrial revolution behind', 'Ordovician era' etc
- In this future the human race will be unable to sustain itself, and like everything else the fox passes by in the museum, we too shall become extinct, simply figures from history.
- The door to the museum closing shut on us, leaving us in the dark at the end. Soon we too will be in a museum.
- It passes by all the exhibitions showing civilisations and species' which have long died out, confined to history.
- 'the dodo', 'between dynasties', 'left the industrial revolution behind', 'Ordovician era' etc
- It passes by all the exhibitions showing civilisations and species' which have long died out, confined to history.
- Images of death are placed alongside modern examples of environmental pollution.
- 'gods of darkness', 'bubblewrap', 'black as an oildrum'
- images of dead flora and fauna - life is under threat.
- images of dead flora and fauna - life is under threat.
- 'formaldehyde sky'
- referencing the art of Damien Hirst, which uses images of death such as the preserved cows and sheep carcasses in boxes.
- Death, extinction, bleak/ lifeless. This is powerful imagery presenting a world without life, alluding to human extinction,
- Death, extinction, bleak/ lifeless. This is powerful imagery presenting a world without life, alluding to human extinction,
- referencing the art of Damien Hirst, which uses images of death such as the preserved cows and sheep carcasses in boxes.
- 'gods of darkness', 'bubblewrap', 'black as an oildrum'
- The door to the museum closing shut on us, leaving us in the dark at the end. Soon we too will be in a museum.
- fricative 'f' in stanza 11- 'fox', 'foster', future'- suggest that perhaps this creature, which has survived for millions of years by adapting to its environment, can teach our species something.
- It passes by all the exhibitions showing civilisations and species' which have long died out, confined to history.
- The Fox represents the future.
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