The Taxidermist

Short Documentary, 2012

Our Animals is a series of experimental short films that explore concepts of anthrozoology through intimate glimpses of the intersections of human and non-human animals. The series begins with Carl, a taxidermist and naturalist whose daily work of disassembling hunted animals and reconstructing them as visual trophies exposes the complex entanglements of culture, death, and representation. This portrait examines how practices of hunting, ownership, and display shape human perceptions of the animal world, situating taxidermy as a site where natural history and cultural symbolism converge.