Animals in Art 1990-present

Phallomedusa Solida Phallus

A common Sydney mangrove snail has been recently named by taxonomist Rosemary Golding after the shape of it’s phallus, which as it’s name says, looks like a medusa head. My question when I look at this images under the electronic [...]

Phallomedusa Solida Phallus

A common Sydney mangrove snail has been recently named by taxonomist Rosemary Golding after the shape of it’s phallus, which as it’s name says, looks like a medusa head. My question when I look at this images under the electronic [...]

It’s Not Size That Matters, It Is Shape

Installation shots at ARC One Gallery in Melbourne 2011

It’s Not Size That Matters, It Is Shape

Installation shots at ARC One Gallery in Melbourne 2011

Chicken Face, Fish Face, Bat Face Video

3 min colour video DVD, co-directed by Ross Rudesch Harley and Maria Fernanda Cardoso The video depicts a parade of animal faces, a procession of anonymous identities. However, each close-up reveals the fascinating peculiarity of their faces – the chickens [...]

Chicken Face, Fish Face, Bat Face Video

3 min colour video DVD, co-directed by Ross Rudesch Harley and Maria Fernanda Cardoso The video depicts a parade of animal faces, a procession of anonymous identities. However, each close-up reveals the fascinating peculiarity of their faces – the chickens [...]

Cardoso Flea Circus Live in Paris

1998 5 min colour video, 1998 by Ross Rudesch Harley This is the video documentation of a live show of the Cardoso Flea Circus at the Tipi at the Pompidou Center in Paris, as part of the Paris quartier d’ete [...]

Cardoso Flea Circus Live in Paris

1998 5 min colour video, 1998 by Ross Rudesch Harley This is the video documentation of a live show of the Cardoso Flea Circus at the Tipi at the Pompidou Center in Paris, as part of the Paris quartier d’ete [...]

Cardoso Flea Circus Tent Installation

2002 This is the tent and video installation touring with the exhibition Material World: 25 years of the Fabric Workshop and Museum. Installation view at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.

Cardoso Flea Circus Tent Installation

2002 This is the tent and video installation touring with the exhibition Material World: 25 years of the Fabric Workshop and Museum. Installation view at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.

Cardoso Flea Circus Video

1997 8 min colour video, co-directed by Ross Rudesch Harley and Maria Fernanda Cardoso to accompany the Cardoso Flea Circus tent installation produced by the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philladelphia. These are real live perfoming fleas, with Cardoso performing as [...]

Cardoso Flea Circus Video

1997 8 min colour video, co-directed by Ross Rudesch Harley and Maria Fernanda Cardoso to accompany the Cardoso Flea Circus tent installation produced by the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philladelphia. These are real live perfoming fleas, with Cardoso performing as [...]

Emu Wear Video

2008 4:35 min Colour video by Maria Fernanda Cardoso and Ross Rudesch Harley 2008 This video installation at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre documented emu feather outfits made by Maria Fernanda Cardoso and worn by a professional model. Part performance, part [...]

Emu Wear Video

2008 4:35 min Colour video by Maria Fernanda Cardoso and Ross Rudesch Harley 2008 This video installation at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre documented emu feather outfits made by Maria Fernanda Cardoso and worn by a professional model. Part performance, part [...]

Sheep

2002 I have sheared hundreds of Corriedale sheepskins in geometrical patterns (lines, squares), working in a shearing shed at Gundowringa, a sheep farm in New South Wales, Australia. I came there to hire a professional Shearer, but not finding one [...]

Sheep

2002 I have sheared hundreds of Corriedale sheepskins in geometrical patterns (lines, squares), working in a shearing shed at Gundowringa, a sheep farm in New South Wales, Australia. I came there to hire a professional Shearer, but not finding one [...]

Gundowringa Sheep Video

2002 4 min colour video DVD, by Ross Rudesch Harley Video documentation of the process of making the SHEEP series by Maria Fernanda Cardoso, filmed in a 100 year old shearing shed near Goulborn, NSW Australia.

Gundowringa Sheep Video

2002 4 min colour video DVD, by Ross Rudesch Harley Video documentation of the process of making the SHEEP series by Maria Fernanda Cardoso, filmed in a 100 year old shearing shed near Goulborn, NSW Australia.

Sheep: The Process

2003 One channel colour video by Ross Rudesch Harley 3 min. Video stills at the shearing shed of sheep farm Gundworinga, Australia.

Sheep: The Process

2003 One channel colour video by Ross Rudesch Harley 3 min. Video stills at the shearing shed of sheep farm Gundworinga, Australia.