D.I.Y Taxidermy IIV: Cat Got Your Tongue?

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D.I.Y Taxidermy Live is an interactive and tongue in cheek demonstration, giving first hand knowledge and the confidence to take life into your own hands, proving that you can do it yourself, at home, with little more than the contents of your kitchen cupboards. Through the medium of performance, video and story telling, you are taken deeper than ever into this seemingly dark art and mind of an artist.

This exploration of the manic and macabre is guaranteed to spark debate on the boundaries of taste, ethics and the concept of controversy in itself. Not for the faint hearted, weak stomached or easily offended. Not a traditional taxidermist, Gates’ work focus on the reality’s of death rather than creating illusions of life.

Credited as one of the top 5 U.K taxidermists alongside Polly Morgan and Walter potter (http://lifestyle.allwomenstalk.com/top-uk-taxidermists/3/ http://croobal.com/hot-stuff/lifestyle/top-five-uk-taxidermists/ ), Gates continues to push the boundaries on what is wrong and right in life and death with this highly acclaimed sell out show.
C.T.G’s artwork has appeared on the cover of DESIGN WEEK, inside TIME OUT, THE INDEPENDENT, Guardian, METRO, TNT, NOTION, BIZARRE MAGAZINE, DAZED AND CONFUSED, VICE, MIXMAG, CNR T.V, She has worked with DIESEL, BBC FILM, FILM LONDON, FUTURE CINEMA, LOST LECTURES, ARCHITECTUAL SOCIETY and performed to thousands of people.

* All animals were found dead, donated, pet food, roadkill or refuse from a hideously wasteful food industry. Previously a vegetarian for 12 years, Charlie Tuesday Gates became a vegan after experiencing some simple facts of unseen life.