Victimless Leather: A Prototype of Stitch-less Jacket Grown in a Technoscientific “Body”
Artists: The Tissue Culture & Art (Oron Catts & Ionat Zurr)
Medium: Biodegradable polymer skin and bone cells from human and mouse
Dimension of original: variable
This image of a ‘living coat’ is taken from a fascinating audio-slideshow in which Seed Magazine’s Paola Antonelli discusses the interface between science, art and design. It features this and other amazing works including literal pig’s wings and the aesthetics of the steak of the future. [LINK].
adamjtaylor posted this on April 13, 2009