Lex Wolf (participative version)
Mixed Media Installation: 3 modified headphones, 3 spray bottles containing Wolf´s pee, audiowalk 16:48 min, stereo, flloor drawing and table displaying the German Bundestag Stenographic Record for the 42nd Session: “Meeting the challenges posed by the return of the wolf and ensuring the protection of grazing livestock through a nationally coordinated wolf-management strategy“
2019
”Urination is a way of marking presence for wolves.
Wolves entering other pack dominion suspend “marking” until they return to they own territories.
Non-territorial wolves rarely deposit scent marks, although they commonly investigate the marks of other wolves. Urination postures used in marking are categorized as "raised-leg urination" (RLU) or "squat urination" (SQU).”
“The rate of marking by wolves is affected by the presence of sign from other species. In most cases the response to foreign urine or scratch marks was an increased frequency of marking, or a change in the pattern of marking.
Marking frequency is significantly higher along established roads and trails than along lakes or in the bush.
Roads should be easier to navigate than other travel routes, and therefore should be marked at a lower rate. This is precisely the opposite of what occurs, which leads to the conclusion that marking is used for more than navigation.”
*Paul C. Paquet : Scent-marking behavior of sympatric wolves (Canis lupus)
and coyotes (C. latrans) in Riding Mountain National Park, Canadian Journal of Zoology · February 2011
Listen the Audiowalk here (please use headphones):
https://soundcloud.com/nieves-de-la-fuente-334147369/lexwolf-loud