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Mobile Projection with a Chihuahua

By Peter Kirn

No, you’re not misreading that headline – it’s exactly what it sounds like. It’s a dog with a mini projector (and in some cases, a camera, apparently) strapped to his back. I’m not exactly sure this is something I would choose to do with a dog, but video artist Fernando Llanos says the animal is earning access to globe-trotting through gourmet food:

t I didn’t care, he’s my dog and he has to work, it’s like in a circus, there’s a price the animal has to pay, in order to eat foagra in France and jamón in Barcelona.

Mmmmm, jamón.

And such is the latest oddball interview from our Australian-based friend Jean Poole, a writer with his finger on the pulse of the global visualist scene. Fans of his writing should note there’s a new RSS feed to follow and lots more where this story came from:

Videohuahua: Post-Mapping Festival interview [skynoise.net]

I’m just going to stick with playing tug and rubbing dog’s tummies as canine activities, and I’m certainly not advocating or condoning this four-legged projection method, but it’s good to know Jean Poole is bringing us the world of visualism. I’m subscribing, for sure.

And that is a really cute dog.