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| Catherine Losing, The Serpent That Ate Its Own Tail, 2013 |
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| Catherine Losing, The Serpent That Ate Its Own Tail, 2013 |
Commisioner: The
Gourmand
Food styling: Iain Graham
Set design: Anna Lomax
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| Laurene Boglio, Animated gif, 2012 |
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| Bill Durgin, Memory Black; Over Under and Through, 2013 |
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| Bill Durgin, Memory Black; Octopus, 2013 |
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| Bill Durgin, Memory Black, 2013 |
Memory Black is memory foam and black fluid.
Memory Black is dark memory, poignant memory,
obliterated memory.
Memory is ambiguous and often liminal.
obliterated memory.
Memory is ambiguous and often liminal.
Memory foam forgets.
Black is dark.
Black is sexy.
Black is obliterated.
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| Jalila Essaïdi, 2.6g 329m/s; Bulletproof skin preserved in epoxy |
Silk is a natural protein fibre, some forms of which can be woven into textiles.
Silkworms are known for their silk production, but silks are produced by several
other insects.
It’s the spider whose silk is the strongest natural protein fibre known to man,
multiple times stronger than steel.
It’s the spider whose silk is the strongest natural protein fibre known to man,
multiple times stronger than steel.
Imagine a spider silk vest, capable of catching bullets.
But why bother with a vest; Imagine replacing keratin
(the protein responsible for the toughness of the human skin) with this spider silk protein.
But why bother with a vest; Imagine replacing keratin
(the protein responsible for the toughness of the human skin) with this spider silk protein.
This is possible by adding the silk producing genes of a spider to the genome of a human:
Creating a Bulletproof Human.
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| Jalila Essaïdi, 2.6g 329m/s; Bulletproof skin being pierced |
2.6g 329m/s
the maximum weight and velocity of a .22 calibre Long
Rifle bullet
from which a Type 1 bulletproof vest should protect you.
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