2008/04/15

Victimless Leather

Tissue Culture & Art Project / Victimless Leather / 2004 / [-]

"We found this subject problematic. For example, if we were to take a consumer product and

wrap it in living tissue, would we consider it something living? This and other issues challenged

us, and we decided to go on developing the research as art, because art has the advantage of

addressing paradoxes in a way that is externalized, and not necessarily coming up with solutions.

The most basic definition of art is the creation of objects whose mission is to challenge the

viewer.so he will reconsider his worldviews, and thus to forge a cultural discourse. We tried to see

whether it is possible to create objects that are constructed of living materials and present them

as artistic objects." [-]



"One of the most common and somewhat surprising comments we heard was that people were

disturbed by our ethics of using living cells to grow living fabric," said Zurr, "while the use of

leather obtained from animals seems to be accepted without any concern for the well-being of

the animals from which the skin has been removed." [-]



[EXTRA]

" . . . 平民會購買成品,但是,貴族只穿特別定製的。因此,每個細微的部分,都要與買主的肉體

尺寸完全吻合,為了讓原生鴨俘的五官,發育出與舊主人一模一樣的肉體,他們利用整形外科手

術,讓原生鴨俘五官,也變的跟賣主一模一樣。使用鞣皮液,變成活鞣皮之後,將其矽膠化並做

耐酸性處理,然後讓原生鴨俘喝下強化王水(硝酸與鹽酸的混合物),肉與骨都會融化,卻只有皮

膚完整留下來。用這個方式取得得東西,稱為完全畜人皮,因此,不會看到接縫或縫線,就可以

完成一件與買主的身體完全吻合的皮衣。


. . . 那位為了他奉獻出自己的肌膚、喜悅的承受軟化的痛苦、最後大喊一句萬歲、喝下王水之杯的

雌鴨俘嗄!安眠吧! . . . " 
  
                      -家畜人鴨俘II / 沼正三-


[EXTRA]

Olivier Goulet / Domestic slough / 1996-2004 / [-]

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