The Hidden Cost of Progress: Confronting the reality of animal exploitation
The Hidden Cost of Progress: Confronting the reality of animal exploitation
For centuries, we have defined ‘progress’ almost exclusively through the lens of human advancement. However, as we have pushed the boundaries of innovation, we have simultaneously industrialized the exploitation of sentient beings on an unprecedented scale. True progress should be measured not just by what we can create, but by the compassion with which we create it. If our growth requires the confinement, exploitation, and silencing of other living creatures, we have to ask ourselves: are we actually moving forward, or are we simply becoming more sophisticated in our cruelty? FAUXCROFT WADE: For centuries, we have defined “progress” almost exclusively through […]
‘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 […]
