Carrie Reichardt

Second film showing the making of Phoolan - made by the wonderful video activists Reel News. Thanks to all the artists,activists and helpers who work so hard making Phoolan.
Big shout out to Eoghan Eebrill and our very own Kevin O'Donohoe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsEYxAgvPR4

see press blur below..
Elephant Parade 2010 is billed as the capitals biggest public art event and Reichardt and Reynolds will be teaming up with artists and conservationists to flood London with 275 life-size baby elephants during May, June and July.
Focusing on the plight of endangered Asian elephants, who might cease to exist in the wild by 2050, elephants will be installed at key sites from Buckingham Palace through to the Olympic Stadium grounds. The parade is expected to involve millions of Londoners and elephants will be auctioned at Sothebys to raise over £1 million for key elephant conservation projects across Asia.
All the elephants in the parade started life as blank sculptures and specially chosen artists then set to work decorating them. Phoolan will be the only one in the parade to have a hide and ceremonial coverings made entirely of mosaic tiles from Topps Tiles. Yet her looks are skin deep. The tiled side of Phoolan shows her beauty and the glamorous trappings that adorn elephants at public festivals but her dark side reveals a handcrafted skeleton with bones broken by landmines and human cruelty which, together, tell of the exploitation and neglect which many Asian elephants suffer every day of their lives.
Phoolan will be installed outside Natural History Museum in Cromwell Road on May 3rd.