Doug Aitken’s migration (empire) and Selections from the Weatherspoon Art Museum Collection are on view June 9-September 30, 2018.

In his video migration (empire), Los Angeles based artist Doug Aitken intermixes footage of U.S. industrial landscapes with unexpected scenes of indigenous wild animals confined in roadside motel rooms normally reserved for wayfaring people. Removed from their habitats but drawing on their natural instincts, these undomesticated animals interact alone or in like pairs with the room’s furnishings, spaces, and environs. 

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