37 PIGS

The series 37 PIGS was inspired by a paper published in SCIENCE MAGAZINE, Aug 9th, 2017 that describes the development of 37 retrovirus-free pigs (of which 15 survived). The breakthrough was a necessary step toward the possible growing of human organs and other medical products in pigs and was made possible by recent advances such as CRISPR in gene technology. The ceramic wall pieces in this series imagine in a somewhat whimsical way the myriad possible outcomes of that scientific effort as a way to open a conversation about the ongoing transformation of our relationship to evolution and species by gene technology.