Mink reappearance
2022When I researched on the mink, I’ve been sad to find out that it is gone in Europe. It is one of the rare animal exterminated by human activity both in the wild and in the farmed state. Their reproduction and anatomy were controlled in order to turn them into fashion objects since the 19th century. And because they were infectious of coronavirus, 20 millions were exterminated in 2020. Farms are empty now.
I started my mink figure production to celebrate it and pay tribute to its story so that the mink does not sink into the oblivion in which it is already. These figures are objects of souvenir. To remember and raise awareness on the mink’s silent presence all over the European countryside during centuries.
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2 minutes film, REST IN PIECES, mink processing into an object