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Artist: Vegesent
Materials: Acrylic on cardboard, various paints.
Dimensions: 30 × 40 cm | 12 × 16 in
Concept:
The work resembles a painting, with its eyeholes covered by layers of paint. This gesture becomes a metaphor for institutionalised invisibility.
Two journalists published footage from a German slaughterhouse showing pigs inside a CO₂ gas chamber. The footage revealed animals breaking their legs while attempting to escape, showing signs of panic and distress before losing consciousness. The video was subsequently banned from public circulation.
Around 45 million pigs are slaughtered in Germany every year. CO₂ stunning remains a standard practice in the industry. While the process is legal and widely used, its reality remains largely hidden from public view.
Artwork points to the distance between what society allows to happen and what it allows itself to see.
Artist: Vegesent
Materials: Acrylic on cardboard, various paints.
Dimensions: 30 × 40 cm | 12 × 16 in
Concept:
The work resembles a painting, with its eyeholes covered by layers of paint. This gesture becomes a metaphor for institutionalised invisibility.
Two journalists published footage from a German slaughterhouse showing pigs inside a CO₂ gas chamber. The footage revealed animals breaking their legs while attempting to escape, showing signs of panic and distress before losing consciousness. The video was subsequently banned from public circulation.
Around 45 million pigs are slaughtered in Germany every year. CO₂ stunning remains a standard practice in the industry. While the process is legal and widely used, its reality remains largely hidden from public view.
Artwork points to the distance between what society allows to happen and what it allows itself to see.
