Gasworks Studio
Whitehead’s birdskin specimens, excerpts from Whitehead’s field-notes, fabulous birds from Bagobo Myths documented by Laura Watson Benedict, studies for an installation for birds, feather prints …
From the Gasworks Residency
Fantastic Birds and Laura Watson Benedict
Several fantastic birds from Bagobo mythology were documented by American anthropologist Laura Watson Benedict in her 1916 paper, A Study of Bagobo Ceremonial, Magic and …
Philippine Eagle at ZSL London Zoo
The Philippine eagle is evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered, an EDGE species highlighted and celebrated at Zoological Society of London (ZSL) London Zoo. London Zoo …
J.G. Keuleman’s Bird Illustrations
John Gerrard Keulemans, or J.G. Keulemans, was a Dutch bird illustrator who illustrated several of John Whitehead’s ornithological discoveries, including Whitehead’s very first discovery from …
John Whitehead’s Birds
Birdskins collected by Whitehead on his 1893-1896 Philippine expedition are currently in the collection of Natural History Museum at Tring in Hertfordshire/UK. Mica Cabildo selected …
What would Whitehead’s Ark look like?
British naturalist and explorer John Whitehead collected several birds in the Philippines and explored the forests and highlands of Mindoro, Northern Luzon, and Visayas in …