Mixed-media sculptor David Altmejd hopes to bring a little fantasy to the next Venice Biennale. Having recently been selected as Canada's representative to the world's pre-eminent art event, Altmejd said that he might construct a standing giant for the event, similar to the one he displayed at London's Modern Art gallery. The artist added that he might build the colossus from materials that birds can eat. Another report claims that Altmejd will create still more works inspired by werewolves, which have served as the scary subject matter of many of his pieces, including the "heads" he made for the 2004 Whitney Biennial. Drawn to the mysterious and the grotesque, Altmejd names Kiki Smith, Matthew Barney, Robert Gober, as well as filmmaker and fellow Canadian David Cronenberg, as influences.