Que diraient les animaux si…? + video/installation

The philosopher Vinciane Despret (Liège University) provides a powerful prelude for Burning Ice #6 with her talk What would animals answer if we asked them the right questions? In her book of the same title, she asks 26 intriguing and pertinent questions about what animals do, want and ‘think’. This yields marvellous and sometimes hilarious stories, told by scientists, animal-tamers, zookeepers, etc. Stories that make it apparent that animals ‘ne sont pas si bêtes que ça…’ and perhaps even have their own sense of humour. Stories that make us think. You will never see your dog in the same way again.