The Art of Deception
Humans use deception to achieve perfection in society, art and science. Reacting to this through art, Isaac Monté (BE) and Toby Kiers (US) have taken discarded pig hearts and transformed them into elegant vessels for new life.
Kiers and Monté explore how biological interventions and aesthetic manipulation can be used as tools for the ultimate deception: the transformation of inner beauty, from grotesque to perfect. Can the ghost organ be a blank canvas for designers? Can organs be objects of design? Will humans be able to manipulate organs for aesthetic purposes?
The Art of Deception was commissioned by Bio Art & Design Awards, with the support of ZonMw (The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development)
Artists
Isaac Monté
Belgian design activist Isaac Monté creates design objects and installations as a reaction to social, ecological and economical problems. By doing so he uses design as a medium to transform forgotten or overlooked problems into possibilities and opportunities. In 2015 Isaac recieved The Bio Art & Design Award, which gave him the opportunity to create The Art Of Deception in collaboration with Toby Kiers. Monté is currently based in Rotterdam.
Toby Kiers
Evolutionary biologist and Professor of Mutualistic Interactions at the VU Amsterdam. Toby's research focuses on how cooperation between species (mutualisms) respond and evolve together within a rapidly changing world, with the ultimate aim of linking this to environmental changes.
Information
Official Opening:
27 October 17:30 - 20:30
Free entrance
Mediamatic Biotoop
Dijksgracht 6
1019 BS Amsterdam
After the opening you can join the Biotalk: Adorning the Internal with presentations by Isaac Monté and Mandy den Elzen.
Exhibition on display:
4th October 2016 - 14 February 2017
Daytime opening hours with tickets:
Wed - Fri : 17:00 - 19:00
Sat + Sun: 15:00 - 19:00
Free entrance
In the evenings and nights the hearts can be viewed for free through the windows. It is also possible to see the collection during events.
