German artist duo Hörner/Antlfinger live and work together with two African Grey Parrots, Clara and Karl.
CMUK is one example of an interspecies art collective, proposing an alternative to the model of the sole-creating genius human. The name CMUK is an acronym of its members Clara, Mathias, Ute, and Karl. Ute Hörner and Mathias Antlfinger[3] view Clara and Karl not as their pets, but as equal partners.
“The birds are always free to decide whether they want to rest in their enclosures or to engage with Hörner/Antlfinger and artistic objects. However, while I was there, Clara shredded pieces of a cardboard and a cork roll for over 40 minutes straight, while stepping back from time to time, seemingly to reflect on what she had done so far”
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