Lee Deigaard

Gus and Deuce Go Elsewhere [stills]    Read about project

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Gus decides to enter the museum. (Lee Deigaard)

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3 year old Gus saunters past reception. (V. Wiseman)

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Deuce considers whether to follow Gus into the building. (M. Oliver)

 

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Deuce makes it in! His hooves are very sensitive to the wooden floors. (Lee Deigaard)

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Gus marches up to the table. The artist brings him novelties for his perusal. (M. Oliver)

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“Horse-pitality” platter of horse-edible fruits and vegetables by Emily Ensminger and Jennie Carlisle (E. Ensminger)

 

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Deuce discovers cucumbers, bananas, and oranges. (M. Oliver)

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“Horse-pitality” platter, after. (E. Ensminger)

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Deuce enters the library. (M. Oliver)

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Gus and Deuce explore the stuffed animals. (M. Oliver)

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Gus ponders. (M. Oliver)

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From above. Deuce goes to the library. (M. Oliver)

 

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Gus and Deuce with James Cooler. (M. Oliver)

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Gus addresses the camera. (M. Oliver)

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Reading is Fundamental. The artist and Deuce. (L. Deigaard)

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Gus heads to the backyard. (L. Deigaard)

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Gus does doorways. (L. Deigaard)

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Gus takes a parting look. With Mitch Oliver. (L. Deigaard)

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Gus and Deuce with the artist and James Cooler. (M. Oliver)

  • by Lee Deigaard

    Invited by the artist to visit a museum housed in a former thrift store, Gus (3 yrs) and Deuce (4 yrs) decide whether to enter the building, explore the permanent collection, sample from a horse-pitality platter, and experience unfamiliar people, things, textures, scents, and sounds.

    with James Cooler and Kate Finnerty Cooler

    documentation contributed by Lee Deigaard, Mitchell Oliver, Valerie Wiseman, and Martha Whittington.
    horse-pitality platter by Emily Ensminger and Jennie Carlisle

    Horses at the Museum and In Your Dreams [Horses] are ongoing multi-media art projects by Lee Deigaard exploring horse personality and individuality, sensory awareness and processing, and the boundaries and thresholds of shared experience.

    Supported by the Southern Constellations Fellowship and the National Endowment for the Arts
    Elsewhere Museum
    Greensboro, NC

    August 16, 2014