‘Requiem for Animals’: How classical music can become a powerful force for animal advocacy
‘Requiem for Animals’: How classical music can become a powerful force for animal advocacy
For a long time, nonhuman animals have appeared within high art. They populate paintings, operas, ballets, literature, sculpture and symphonic music. Yet they have often appeared in service of human concerns. The fox symbolizes cunning, the lamb innocence, the horse nobility, the whale obsession, and the bird freedom. Rather than asking where animals fit within existing artistic traditions, artists are now beginning to reshape those traditions themselves. The nonhuman animal is no longer simply representing humanity. Humanity is being asked to reconsider itself through the reality of the animal. A requiem becomes a requiem for animals, and a gallery exhibition becomes […]
‘Wild Inside’: New documentary about Flaco the owl to debut at New York’s Central Park
‘Wild Inside’: New documentary about Flaco the owl to debut at New York’s Central Park
‘Wild Inside’ is the story of Flaco — a male Eurasian eagle-owl, the largest species of owl in the world — who was discovered missing from his cage at the Central Park Zoo in Manhattan. What follows when Flaco, who had lived his entire life in captivity, was released in New York City is a surprising story revealing the delight, concern, and fascination of millions in the city and beyond. The documentary will have its world premiere at Rooftop Films in Central Park on July 29, 2026. KATHLEEN LINGO: It’s a cold February night on 5th Ave in Manhattan. A crowd is gathering to […]
‘Nearveganism’: Ethical consumption in a non-ideal world
‘Nearveganism’: Ethical consumption in a non-ideal world
‘Nearveganism’ holds that individuals living under ordinary conditions in developed societies should organize their ordinary pattern of consumption around the moral considerations that support veganism. It therefore differs from strict veganism in recognizing that occasional departures from the ideal do not erase the moral significance of an otherwise overwhelmingly vegan pattern of life. At the same time, it differs from reducetarianism in requiring considerably more than marginal reductions in the consumption of animal products. J.P. ANDREW: Despite decades of advocacy, strict vegetarianism and veganism remain minority practices in most developed countries, even as concern for animal welfare has increased substantially. If […]
