Ars Electronica Festival · 2013
The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project - Diversity and Dualism
🏆 Golden Nica · Prix Ars Electronica 2013
Koen Vanmechelen's “The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project - Diversity and Dualism” was honoured with the Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica 2013, category Hybrid Art.
The _Cosmopolitan Chicken Project_ (CCP, 1999) is a global, transdisciplinary and transtemporal examination of the themes of biocultural diversity and identity through the interplay of art, science and beauty. In the CCP Koen Vanmechelen crossbreeds chicken breeds from different countries.
About Koen Vanmechelen
Koen Vanmechelen (BE), born 1965, is an internationally renowned, conceptual artist. His groundbreaking work deals with diversity and identity. Over the past decade Vanmechelen has collaborated with scientists from different disciplines.
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