Kerstin von Gabain at EXILE Gallery

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August 5, 2021

Exile Gallery presents "I’ll see you when I see you" | Kerstin von Gabain

international art galleries, global, cardboard, art fair, austrian, gallerists — *Kerstin von Gabain: EXILE, 2021. Wood, cardboard and silicone, 8 x 13 x 25 cm*

The gallery EXILE presents the exhibition showing the Vienna-based artist Kerstin von Gabain entitled I’ll see you when I see you.

In lieu of an exhibition text, the mating call of the last male Kaua’i ‘ō’ō, recorded in 1987 for Cornell Lab of Ornithology played at random within the exhibition.

To listen to his sound while browsing through the exhibition images click →here.

The Kaua’i ‘ō’ō or ‘ō’ō’ā’ā (Moho braccatus) was a member of the extinct genus of the ‘ō’ōs (Moho) within the extinct family Mohoidae from the islands of Hawai’i.

The last male Kaua’i ‘ō’ō was recorded singing a mating call to his female life-partner presumed to have died in a previous Hurricane. The last of his species, he died in 1987. Subsequently, the species was declared extinct.