Cloaca machines
by Sean on January 30th, 2009
I’m utterly tickled by Wim Delvoye’s CLOACA project, which has him building machines that literally create shit. Series of glass jars, tubes and chemical processes transform food into stuff that smells like, looks like, and is - poo. It’s dressed up in the guise of a faux company, with customer testimonials, early sketches and even the (now sold-out) option to buy your own Cloaca shit.
Because of its whimsical dressings, Delvoye’s conceptual art because instantly accessible and way more thought-provoking than it would be with some dense artists’ statement. All by myself, without any direct prompting, I get to thinking about the nature of humanity, and life, and technology - in a deep, rewarding way. It’s more than just a gimmick.
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