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Artist: Vegesent
Materials: Discarded top, sand, various pigments.
Dimensions: 59 x 34 cm 23 x 13 in
Concept:
The work investigates how economic logic operates on biological life.
This artwork is created from a T-shirt that costs 50 euros because we easily understand the value of clothes and objects.
Male chicks, dairy calves and bucks are often put down soon after birth because they don't produce the products we pay for. The industry considers them a consumable item.
Since killing them costs money and they do not generate any profit, they are assigned a negative economic value.
Artist: Vegesent
Materials: Discarded top, sand, various pigments.
Dimensions: 59 x 34 cm 23 x 13 in
Concept:
The work investigates how economic logic operates on biological life.
This artwork is created from a T-shirt that costs 50 euros because we easily understand the value of clothes and objects.
Male chicks, dairy calves and bucks are often put down soon after birth because they don't produce the products we pay for. The industry considers them a consumable item.
Since killing them costs money and they do not generate any profit, they are assigned a negative economic value.
