left: Onko-Shirt, 1998
ink on paper, 29,7 x 21 cm
right: petri dish with culture medium and tissue fibroblasts
Fibroblasts from the artist's body were mixed with collagen in a petri dish. As soon as the cells began to form their own collagen, epidermal cells were added to the culture, whereupon thin skin flakes began to grow, which joined together to form artificial skins. The skin tissue was designed to make parchment and clothing such as trousers and jackets from leather. However, the size of the cultivated skin layers was sufficient only for stamp-sized sheets used for drawings with tattoo ink.
ink on paper, 29,7 x 21 cm
right: petri dish with culture medium and tissue fibroblasts
Fibroblasts from the artist's body were mixed with collagen in a petri dish. As soon as the cells began to form their own collagen, epidermal cells were added to the culture, whereupon thin skin flakes began to grow, which joined together to form artificial skins. The skin tissue was designed to make parchment and clothing such as trousers and jackets from leather. However, the size of the cultivated skin layers was sufficient only for stamp-sized sheets used for drawings with tattoo ink.