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The feedbacks and instances from the physical to the digital space, making an intangible figure of nature in the so called "Digital Era" and represented in the garden. | The feedbacks and instances from the physical to the digital space, making an intangible figure of nature in the so called "Digital Era" and represented in the garden. | ||
[https://tcaproject.net/portfolio/victimless-leather/ Victimless Leather] | |||
Why? | |||
While the humble act of adorning one’s body with cloth began as a means of protection from the external environment, clothes transformed into evocative objects that convey complex social rituals. Today, clothes express ideas about identity, class, politics and they can be seen as manifestations of global systems of production. Additionally, the use of animal hides for cloth can be seen as an expression of our attitudes toward the animal Other. | |||
How? | |||
Victimless Leather explores the future consequences and potentials of using tissue engineering to develop consumer products. Considering all of the material waste involved, Victimless Leather problematises the idea that lab-grown materials can ever lad to a truly ‘victimless utopia’. | |||
What? | |||
A prototype of a lab-grown jacket | |||
[https://www.iaacblog.com/programs/hyper-articulated-mycomorph/ Hyper Articulated Mycomorph] | [https://www.iaacblog.com/programs/hyper-articulated-mycomorph/ Hyper Articulated Mycomorph] | ||