Marco Chiandetti, The hand of the artist in bird seed, 2015, bird seed; Courtesy the artist. Photograph: Marco Chiandetti
When the 20th Biennale of Sydney opened five weeks ago it was an installation at Sydney’s Mortuary Station conceived around the common Myna bird that caught our eye. The piece by British artist Marco Chiandetti offered a subtle conversation about immigration – using a bird that is considered a nuisance in Australia and viewed sacred in other parts of the world as a metaphor for resilience and unfounded perceptions.
