'Melancholic Taxidermy'

Article in 'Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture', Issue 7, Pages 52-58, September 2008.

An interview by Eric Frank about the nature and scope of Chloë Brown’s practice and research.

Author: Eric Frank

Editor in Chief: Giovanni Aloi Senior Academic Board: Steve Baker, Eric Brown, Jessica Ullrich, Rachel Poliquin, Ken Rinaldo, Annie Potts, Donna Haraway, Linda Kalof, Matthew Brower, Rosemarie McGoldrick, Ron Broglio.

Founded in September 2006 the journal combines a heightened level of academic scrutiny of animals in visual culture. The Journal provides a platform and encourages the overlap of the professional spheres of artists, scientists, environmental activists, curators, academics, and general readers. It combines academic writing, interviews, informative articles, and discussions with an illustrated format. Antennae has become a point of reference for animal and environmental studies in the arts. With a readership spanning 34 countries, the Journal delivers downloadable issues, on a quarterly basis. Offering a mixture of academic writing, informative articles, and interviews with leading and emerging artists, curators, scholars, film directors, scientists, and media producers, Antennae is effectively inviting participation in the animal studies debate by focusing on the increasing relevance of environmental studies and reframing mainstream perspectives on animals and humanism.