Demo Dema presents: the Birds Room

The Birds Room by Karolina Dema, Installation of 105 Bird Drawings, Oil Paint on Paper (250g), 2O24 ©Demo Dema

We’re glad to announce that Karolina Dema’s Birds Archives will be displayed for the 1rst time in the Birds Room, an installation showcasing her 105 bird drawings, as part of Demo Dema’s show A ROOM FULL OF SIGNS from Nov 21-23.

In her ongoing project, the Birds Archives, Karolina is creating a series of A4 oil paintings on paper, aiming to depict all 11,145 bird species catalogued by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  The series deals with collective memory, questioning what is preserved and handed down to future generations. As species vanish, what remains of their legacy? By uniting them in her paintings, Karolina creates a dynamic representation of our planet's bird landscape at a time of increasing extinction rates. Their memory is preserved through this gallery of portraits.

The Birds Room by Karolina Dema, Installation of 105 Bird Drawings, Oil Paint on Paper (250g), 2O24 ©Demo Dema

The 11,145 species that Karolina seeks to portray include now-extinct birds, species living in the wild where some face near-extinction, and human-made breeds - domesticated birds like roosters, geese, parrots, falcons, pigeons, and canaries, to name a few. To that end, the Birds Archives exposes the extent of Sapiens' modified environment, starting with the birds that surround them on a daily basis. 

We look forward to showing you during you. For an in person or online visit, get in touch: info@demodema.com