A taxidermy sculpture inspired by the “panorama fails” internet phenomenon.
Panoramic photography captures images with horizontally elongated fields of view. In the past, creating panoramas was a complex process mastered only by tech-savvy photographers who manually stitched photos together on a computer. However, with the advent of panorama features in smartphones, the process became fully automated, making it accessible to everyone. Along with this democratization came a flood of errors: panorama fails so disastrously amusing that they became a phenomenon of their own.
For two years, the “physical” sculpture was never exhibited, existing solely through its circulated image:
As photos of the sculpture began circulating online, they inspired further variations, such as these: