Falling

• Taxidermied parakeet, electric motor and propeller, wire, paper

• Bird: H 2″ x L 16″ x W 9″, Tether: 4′, Flight Path: 6.5′ diameter

• September 2006

A taxidermied parakeet has been re-animated using an electric motor and propeller. Tethered to the ceiling the bird is limited to flying in circles. In its talons the bird clutches a banner printed with the lyric falling in love again.