The World Differently Defined 2013

Peregrine Falcon & Manx Shearwater skeletal remains, MDF, paint, glass

Bird skeletons have many features that resemble those of the human skeleton. The majority of the bones are the same, only shaped differently - the main difference being that the bird's skeleton is adapted for flight.

Here presented - in the Fragility of Flight exhibition at Taigh chearsabhagh Museum and Art Centre - the skeletal remains of two birds, a Manx Shearwater and a Peregrine Falcon. Found and collected by the artist, postmortem on Uist.

The longest lived, breeding bird species and the fastest on the planet, respectively.

The Peregrine, found in the state seen here, cause of death unknown, the Manx Shearwater found, intact, in the Loch Boisdale Ferry terminal car park, the apparent victim of a vehicle strike.