Birds (don’t) do it. Bees (don’t) do it. Only human beings anthropomorphize, and most of us do it automatically. But artists — even those aiming for factual details such as “The Bees” author Laline Paull and “The Bats” filmmaker James Trainor — approach it with a completely different attitude than scientists like Alexandra Horowitz. [Produced for PRI‘s “Studio 360“.]
Still from Jim Trainor’s film “The Bats” (1998). © James Trainor
Music featured:
- “Nocturnary” – by Bonobo
- “Little Man” – by Wayne Horvitz
- “Circus of Regrets” – by Béla Fleck
- “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” – by Benny Goodman & His Sextet