Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
A film by Robert Rapoport - robertrapoport.com
Whales spend a good part of their lives under conditions hard for us to imagine, much less represent. In April 2013 the whale skeletons at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History were lowered from the roof space, where they had hung for 150 years, for an intensive conservation project. After six months the whales re-emerged from the restoration process as more accurate representations of the living creatures they once were.
This film abstracts what was a very complex process, offering an expanded set of associations along the way. It is also a tribute to the very human side of this scientific resurrection.
A film by Robert Rapoport - robertrapoport.com
Whales spend a good part of their lives under conditions hard for us to imagine, much less represent. In April 2013 the whale skeletons at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History were lowered from the roof space, where they had hung for 150 years, for an intensive conservation project. After six months the whales re-emerged from the restoration process as more accurate representations of the living creatures they once were.
This film abstracts what was a very complex process, offering an expanded set of associations along the way. It is also a tribute to the very human side of this scientific resurrection.
