The Yeti Society - Martin Sexton

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Résumé :
One of the persistent contemporary American myths is of a giant, hairy, human-like beast, or Bigfoot, predominantly haunting the Pacific Northwest rainforest. But it is not a modern myth - it is a very old one. Long before Europeans arrived, indigenous native tribes across the vast continent had as many as one hundred names for it: Sasquatch being one that survives today. This myth intersects with another, thousands of miles away in the remote Himalayas, equally as old: the Yeti.In more recent times, on the highest mountain range in the world, inexplicable tracks in the snow and ice have left modern mountaineers baffled. These giant footprints uncannily echo those found in North America. Despite modernity and the pushback of nature, all attempts to extinguish the myth of Bigfoot, Sasquatch, the Yeti have failed. It remains a powerful and resilient mystery.

Biographie:

Martin Sexton is an experimental artist, poet and film maker, and has exhibited widely including a debut solo exhibition for the 56th Venice Biennale. He was awarded the Tithe Grant by The Blake Society judged by Sir Alan Parker. He produced the global Sonic Art project 'We Love You,' as well as the world's first Acid House album. He was the curator for Future Forests, which first presented the carbon neutral concept, and planted over ten million trees world wide. His experimental poetry and writing practice includes sculpting in 4.5 billion year old meteorites, making crop circles and 'UFO' films.