This Is Not a Chicken

Koen Vanmechelen & Geerdt Magiels

Enriching interaction between art, science and current affairs Builds on the International LABIOMISTA project Explores the boundaries between studio and lab in text and image

Is the artist a scientist or the scientist an artist? Neither. In fact, the question doesn't really matter. What is more important is that Koen Vanmechelen puts his full creative mind and his belief in constant cross-fertilisation at the service of society. This book will show you how he cautioned against the power of viruses years ago, how important the science of the gene is in the conservation of endangered species, how locally every global movement starts and ends locally, ...

With This Is Not a Chicken, Vanmechelen offers every life form, from the smallest organism to the largest mastodon, concrete projects to reinvent oneself. A unique book that crosses all boundaries and provides an unedited insight into the sense of beauty, into globalization and viruses, and into the world of genetic wealth.

KOEN VANMECHELEN THIS IS NOT A CHICKEN

GEERDT MAGIELS

160 x 230 mm | 200 pages | 37,800 words paperback | B&W illustrations | all rights available

Koen Vanmechelen is an internationally acclaimed conceptual artist who works at the intersection of art, nature and science. His work is aimed at laying the foundations for a future where people live in a state of balance with other species. Geerdt Magiels is a biologist and philosopher. He writes and gives lectures on science, art, health, medicine, biology and society. Magiels is a much sought-after expert in the media and has written dozens of books about mankind, molecules and ecosystems , complexity, knowledge and uncertainty.