Christy Hengst’s porcelain birds have landed in over sixty public locations internationally;  forty of them have now migrated to Plinth Gallery for our first installation. The birds carry images and text, silk-screened and high-fired, in cobalt blue -- recipes, love letters, newspaper articles, photographs, drawings, poetry --  dealing with a wide range of human experience.  The pieces are hand-built, and each is different in form and content.  People can choose intuitively which bird or birds are right for them.  This work is suitable for outdoor installation as well as indoor display, and there are several interesting mounting options.

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www.birdsinthepark-thefilm.d a documentary film by Tom Meffert and Dagmar Diebels 

"What excites us most about this public art project is that it inspires passer-bys to talk to each other. Questions arise like “What is peace and what is war?” “What is public art” or “Can art achieve anything?” Very different people share their own experiences, exchange their thoughts and come away inspired and with more consideration for our conflict-fraught world."

This documentary collects those personal experiences, preserves some of the conversations and hopefully encourages more conversations to happen.