April 28, 2008
perceptions: interventions
Nina Katchadourian. Mended Spiderweb #!9. 1998.
Cibachrome.
"The morning after the first patch job, I discovered a pile of red threads lying on the ground below the web. At first I assumed the wind had blown them out; on closer inspection it became clear that the spider had repaired the web to perfect condition using its own methods, throwing the threads out in the process. My repairs were always rejected by the spider and discarded, usually during the course of the night, even in webs which looked abandoned."
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That's not surprising. No animal loves others poking their sticky noses into their own affair.
Bush needs to see this report.
Posted by: MS | Apr 28, 2008 12:35:17 AM
This mended web story and photo are amazing. I am sending it to my kids and grandkids!
Thank you.
Posted by: Beverly Kaye | Apr 28, 2008 11:26:32 AM
Nosey, yes perhaps, but beautifully detailed intervention into the spider world,........ I like it.
Posted by: Shabbir | Apr 28, 2008 2:20:51 PM
I likes it, too!
Posted by: Abbas Raza | Apr 29, 2008 2:23:35 AM
S-this is incredible - what an amazing sense of aesthetics these creatures have! V
Posted by: Vimala | Apr 30, 2008 12:11:14 PM
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