Daniel & Clara, The Watcher and the Bird

This exhibition presents a new body of work by artist Daniel & Clara about the human gaze. By focusing on bird watching, they explore the optical and psychological processes at play when humans look at nature.

The Watcher and the Bird takes J.A. Baker’s 1967 book The Peregrine as inspiration. This seminal work of nature writing recounts the author’s observations of peregrine falcons over a single winter on the Essex coast.

Through moving image, mail art and photography, Daniel & Clara draw into view the projections that take place between watcher and bird.