GUIDED ESTATE TOURS
In conjunction with the project Animal Estates 1.0: New York City at the 2008 Whitney Biennial
A series of twelve weekly guided tours of the Animal Estates Model Homes will focus sequentially on each of the twelve native New York animal clients. Each will be led by a local (scientist, historian, artist, writer, musician etc) with something to share on each animal subject. The tours will begin at 1:00pm in the museum lobby or sculpture court:
#01 Thu, March 6th ~ OPOSSUM with Deborah Simon, artists, The Bronx Zoo, exhibit shop
#02 Wed, March 12 ~ BIG BROWN BAT with Erica Browne
#03 Wed, March 19 ~ EASTERN TIGER SALAMANDER with Jeremy Feinberg
#04 Wed, March 26 ~ MASON BEE with Elizabeth Johnson, American Museum of Natural History
#05 Wed, April 2 ~ NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL with Emily Lacy, folksinger and filmmaker (VIDEO)
#06 Wed, April 9 ~ BARN OWL with Margaret Mittelbach, co-author of Wild New York
#07 Sun, April 20 ~ EASTERN MUD TURTLE with Michael Crewdson, co-author of Wild New York
#08 Sun, April 27 ~ WOOD DUCK with Damon Rich, the Center for Urban Pedagogy
#09 Sun, May 4 ~ BEAVER with Eric Sanderson, landscape ecologist, Mannahatta Project
#10 Sun, May 11 ~ BOBCAT with K8 Hardy, artist [THE VIDEO BY LESLIE SATTERFIELD]
#11 Sun, May 18 ~ PURPLE MARTIN with Jennifer Monson, movement artist, director of iLAND
#12 Sun, May 25 ~ BALD EAGLE with Emily Scott, Los Angeles Urban Ranger
plus ANIMAL MUSICAL with Matthew van Brink on Saturday May 3rd, 10am-noon & 1-3pm [Big Brown Bat MP3]
Whitney Museum Artist’s Choice, Artist’s Voice Art Workshops / For families with kids ages 8-12, in the Sculpture Court
Animal Estates Home Buyers Tour:
Beaver Dam!
Beaver, beaver dam! (Beaver, beaver dam!)
Logs and branches, mud and stone (Beaver, beaver dam!)
Sure it's humble, but it's home. (Beaver, beaver dam!)
Upstream from the dam
Where the beaver goes to hang
Beaver, beaver hut! (Beaver, beaver hut!)
Sticks and moss, grass and mud. (Beaver, beaver hut!)
Blankets of bark, grass, and wood (Beaver, beaver hut!)
Come on!
We got a front door (Front door!)
We got a back door (Back door!)
We got an air vent (Air vent!)
We got a dam downstream (Dam downstream!)
It's a lodge supreme (Lodge supreme!)
It's a lodge supreme! (Lodge supreme!!)
All right!
The beaver sloshes
Where his lodge is.
A little garage
Made of earthen collage.
It's so muddy in there
that you'd need galoshes!
Cause it's a
Beaver, beaver hut! (Beaver, beaver hut!)
Sticks and moss, grass and mud. (Beaver, beaver hut!)
Blankets of bark, grass, and wood (Beaver, beaver hut!)
Downstream from the hut
You'll find a what?
Beaver, beaver dam! (Beaver beaver dam!)
Logs and branches, mud and stone (Beaver beaver dam!)
Sure it's humble, but it's home. (Beaver beaver dam!)
And upstream!
Beaver, beaver hut! (Beaver, beaver hut!)
And downstream!
Beaver, beaver dam! (Beaver beaver dam!)
And upstream!
Beaver, beaver hut!
And downstream!
Beaver, beaver dam!
And upstream!
And downstream!
And upstream!
And downstream!
And upstream!
Nocturnal, maternal,
Nestin' clandestine,
Handsome, toothsome,
Awesome possum!
Burrows
Pink nose
Five toes
Marsupials
Eat snails
Prehensile tails
Climb trees,
Have fleas,
Eat berries
Fifty teeth
White head
Widespread
Nocturnal, maternal,
Nestin' clandestine,
Handsome, toothsome,
Awesome possum!
Hard core
Omnivore
Eat bugs,
Eat slugs,
Soft fur
Cutester
Nocturnal, maternal,
Nestin' clandestine,
Handsome, toothsome,
Win some, lose some
Flotsam, jetsam
Toss 'em, cross 'em
Awesome possum!
At Least We're Eastern Mud Turtles
THE MOSQUITOS DART AROUND THE POND
THE BEAVERS BUILD THEIR MOUND
THE FISH, THEY SWIM IN SCHOOLS
EVEN THE ALGAE GETS AROUND
THOUGH OUR LIFE ON THE POND IS SLUGGISH
AND ALSO RATHER BUGGISH
IT MAY SEEM QUITE BIZARRE
THAT WE LIKE THINGS JUST THE WAY THEY ARE
PLEASE, WE'RE EASTERN MUD TURTLES
JEEZ, LOUISE, WE'RE MUD TURTLES
WE'RE NOT TOO FAST
BUT WE'RE BUILT TO LAST
FROM WINTER TILL SPRING, THE MUD TURTLES SING...
DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO...
DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO...
WE HIDE IN OUR SHELLS
WHEN NATURE IMPELS
YOU SEE WE'RE EASTERN MUD TURTLES
WE CAN'T COMPLAIN
SO WE SING THIS REFRAIN
AT LEAST WE'RE EASTERN MUD TURTLES
AT LEAST WE'RE EASTERN MUD TURTLES