Speculative Taxidermy

VICONTENTS

4. THE END OF THE DAYDREAM:
   TAXIDERMY AND PHOTOGRAPHY


5. FOLLOWING MATERIALITY: FROM MEDIUM
   TO SURFACE—MEDIUM SPECIFICITY AND ANIMAL
   VISIBILITY IN THE MODERN AGE


6. THE ALLURE OF THE VENEER: AESTHETICS
   OF SPECULATIVE TAXIDERMY


7. THIS IS NOT A HORSE: BIOPOWER AND
   ANIMAL SKINS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

CODA: TOWARD NEW MYTHOLOGIES—THE RITUAL,
THE SACRIFICE, THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS

Appendix: Some Notes Toward a Manifesto for Artists

Working with and About Taxidermy Animals 257

MARK DION AND ROBERT MARBURY

Notes 261

Bibliography 293

Index 311