In the Shadow of Great Beasts

Imagine you could go back in time.
 Imagine you could not only see but hear the creatures.

Imagine that you’re the first person to discover a bone from a giant and strange animal – And what does it feel like to be a paleontologist?

For Museums and Galleries Northern Territory (MAGNT) Barking Spider Visual Theatre artists created a shadow puppet and sound installation to give MAGNT visitors a taste of this imagined world and a glimpse into the work of paleontologists

BARKING SPIDER VISUAL THEATRE ARTISTS
Penelope Bartlau – Artistic Director
Jason Lehane – Installation Designer
Kyoko Imazu – Shadow Art Creator
Darius Kedros – Sound Designer

Megafauna drawings courtesy of MAGNT, Adam Yates
Photographs courtesy of MAGNT, Merinda Campbell

This project was presented by Museums and Galleries Northern Territory, in Alice Springs for the opening of Megafauna Central, July 5-28 2018, and at Darwin Museum for National Science Week at Darwin Festival, August 17-19, 2018.

Thanks to: Australia Council for the Arts, Northern Territory Government, National Science Week, staff and directors of Museum and Gallery of the Northern Territory Alice Springs and Darwin and Megafauna Central, Darwin Festival.

Special thanks to Rebecca Renshaw and Mark Crees