Victimless leather: science meets art


	Victimless leather: science meets art

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6-23-2007 6:49 AM

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How many of us notice the fashion victims instead of the victims of fashion - those that move among us everyday: swinging from our arms, matching our shoes, or hugging our waist?</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://velocity.ansto.gov.au/velocity/ans0018/article2.asp"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/velocity.ansto.gov.au/img/610663A0-D3CC-449B-8FB1-3336622D314F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://velocity.ansto.gov.au/velocity/ans0018/article2.asp"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="151" class="mainTxt">Science meets art in the Victimless Leather Project, where cells are grown to form a miniature leather jacket.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://velocity.ansto.gov.au/velocity/ans0018/article2.asp"><DIV>
We all know where leather comes from, but we are so distanced from the reality of cow to coat that it is rarely a confronting issue that an animal has died in the process. The Victimless Leather Project is not a way to cast off your shackles of guilt, nor a project designed to burden your conscience. It exists to facilitate your exploration of the distance technology places between us the consumer, and the victims of fashion.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://velocity.ansto.gov.au/velocity/ans0018/article2.asp"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="229" valign="top" class="mainTxt" rowspan="2">Why are we not shocked by our way of life? To see more interesting examples
of the symbiotic relationship between fascinating science and cutting
edge art see the <A href="http://www.tca.uwa.edu.au/index.html">Tissue, Culture and Art website</A></TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5A64BDEF-F6A3-41A8-A061-9C813BF0A6CD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>