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Did You See The World’s First Art Exhibition Designed For Dogs?

September 19, 2016 by Talent Hounds 2 Comments

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The World’s First Art Exhibition Designed For Dogs

Inspiring and Interactive #PlayMore

It even has a car simulator for “Cruising Canines”.

More Than, a British insurance company, encourages pet owners to stay active and spend more time with their furry friends through an initiative called Play More. They ask people to make a Play More Pledge to spend an extra 15 minutes a day playing with their dog or cat.  To inspire people even further to spend more time with their dogs, MORE THAN commissioned a unique canine art interactive exhibit with renowned British artist and inventor Dominic Wilcox. Together, they created what just may be the world’s first art exhibition designed for dogs to enjoy.

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An avid dog lover himself, Dominic works between the worlds of art, design, craft and technology. The museum featured dog’s eye-level paintings that were specifically tailored for dogs’ sense of shade and color.   The dogs reportedly seemed to enjoy paintings of chicken legs or a virtual frisbee being thrown around on a television screen.

There were 4 interactive installations were based on activities that dogs love.

Wilcox created a 10-feet-wide dog bowl filled with brown, plastic balls resembling dog food, similar to a kids’ ball pit. There was also a tennis ball fetching activity and Wilcox created a fountain system that squirted water from one dog bowl to another, allowing dogs to get a drink—or get soaked.

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Then they were able to go for a drive with the windows open in the ” Cruising Canines” open-window simulator. Dogs could sit in a cardboard car and have a fan simulate an actual car ride, feeling the wind in their fur.

Apparently, the exhibition was a big success with humans and dogs so I am inspired to see if we can do similar innovative creative things at events and event spaces here in Canada.

More Than has now launched  a campaign on Facebook and online to get people out and taking their pledge. The pets and people will be happier and they’ll donate £1 to the RSPCA for each confirmed pledge. Their goal is to reach 20,000 pledges so they can donate £20,000. That’s enough to build a sensory garden – the perfect playground for rescue dogs to scamper and sniff in, and help fund a cattery refurbishment.

Have you seen any similar exhibitions or spaces or inspiring ideas to spend more time with your pet?

 

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  1. Cathy Armato says

    September 28, 2016 at 4:47 pm

    What an incredible creation! I’d love to bring my dogs there. Love the video, terrific post, thanks!
    Love & biscuits,
    Dogs Luv Us and We Luv Them

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    • Talent Hounds says

      September 28, 2016 at 4:51 pm

      Thanks Cathy- I thought Kilo would love it too- super cool.

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