Canine TANATOcommerce or the political-ethical dilemma of merchandise / Berenice Olmedo Peña (MX)
The way dogs are dealt with in Mexico is extremely contradictory: on the one hand there are official security regulations that consider the dog a dangerous animal and a health hazard; on the other hand the Federal Civil Code refers to the dog as a “good”, as an object or thing. Starting from this legal paradox, the artist began collecting canine corpses that had been run over and left behind, and then she started making various products from their remains. The dogs were skinned and their fur tanned to make textiles. Soap was made from the body fat extracted in a chemical lab.
credit: tom mesic
Canine TANATOcommerce or the political-ethical dilemma of merchandise / Berenice Olmedo Peña (MX)
The way dogs are dealt with in Mexico is extremely contradictory: on the one hand there are official security regulations that consider the dog a dangerous animal and a health hazard; on the other hand the Federal Civil Code refers to the dog as a “good”, as an object or thing. Starting from this legal paradox, the artist began collecting canine corpses that had been run over and left behind, and then she started making various products from their remains. The dogs were skinned and their fur tanned to make textiles. Soap was made from the body fat extracted in a chemical lab.
credit: tom mesic