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Emerging from Garrett Pruter’s appropriation of Alfred Hitchcock's iconic thriller 'The Birds' (1963), the show centers around an ambitious, ongoing work in which Pruter laboriously re-edits the original film to remove all the birds. Employing frame-by-frame digital painting, rotoscoping, and sound editing, Pruter’s contemporary reimagining shifts the film’s context, distorting its narrative by erasing the perceived threat.

‘The Birds’ (2023) utilizes the force of projection to provide a stark commentary on collective fear, anxiety, and the fragility of the human psyche. Alongside …