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Pig 05049 : 1:1, Christien Meindertsma, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Pig 05049 : 1:1, Christien Meindertsma, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume (various pagings) : chiefly ill. (chiefly color). "Concept, photography, design & illustrations, Christien Meindertsma"--title page verso. The project was exhibited in the Kunsthal in Rotterdam in 2008. 3rd printing, Oct. 2009. Includes index. "Christien Meindertsma has spent three years researching all the products made from a single pig. Amongst some of the more unexpected results were: Ammunition, medicine, photo paper, heart valves, brakes, chewing gum, porcelain, cosmetics, cigarettes, conditioner and even bio diesel. Meindertsma makes the subject more approachable by reducing everything to the scale of one animal. After it's death, Pig number 05049 was shipped in parts …