

The final presentation reflects the collaborations that she undertook during the work process of each project. In our classrooms children develop a love of learning through self-discovery, imagination, and creativity wh ile interacting with others in a friendly and safe atmosphere. In her current practice, photography has become more and more a means, and not an end in itself. Songbird Academys mission is to provide a warm, nurturing and stimulating environment that supports your childs development from infant through preschool. Joost in Breda, researching narrative structures and documentary strategies. She graduated from the Royal Art Academy in The Hague in 2006 and completed a two-year Masters at Art Academy St. Another copy travels around the world, and may be borrowed by individuals who would like to read the story and share it amongst friends.Īnaïs López is a visual artist based in Amsterdam, who works with still and moving images. Next to this online publication, a photobook in an edition of three has been produced one of these copies is used by Lópeztotell the story in a theatrical performance. The Migrant is realised as a web documentary, and published on the website of the Dutch newspaper Trouw. For each project she consciously steps outside the well-known paths of presentation formats traditionally suitable for photography. The white-rumped shama is now classified as a nationally threatened species in Singapore. The Migrantaddresses broader themes such as the complex relationship between humans and animals, the consequences of rapid urbanisation, and the position of an unwanted outsider.Īnaïs López’s practice as photographer is characterised by looking for new ways to tell her stories. This songbird was one of the four most popular species owned by the 114 hobbyists surveyed in the study. The Straits Times, Singapore’s national newspaper, even described the mynah as “the new terrorist”.

This did not fit the image of Singapore being a perfect city. Gene flow in the Mllerian mimicry ring of a poisonous Papuan songbird clade. In an effort to compete with the increasing urban noise, the mynah’s beautiful singing voice became a shrill screech. An unprecedented influx of vagrants into Malaysia and Singapore during the. A member of the starling family, the bird is originally from Java (Indonesia) and was introduced in Singapore via the songbird trade in the early 20th century.įollowing the Second World War, Singapore underwent rapid change, quickly transforming from a rubber trading post into a modern metropolis. The Migrant tells the turbulent life story of the Javanmynah. It was this incessant noise outside her hotel window that caught her attention. It was in 2012 in Singapore that Anaïs López first came across the Javanmynah, a small black bird with a yellow beak and legs, a prominent crest, and a loud, raw call. Anaïs López, The Migrant: A Bird on the Run (2018)
