Andreas Greiner: Monument pro 308

This monumental sculpture resembles a dinosaur in a natural history museum. It is an homage to only recently "created" type of animal, a common broiler chicken of the type ROSS 308, which is bred in staggering numbers with an anatomy manipulated to serve human meat consumption.

Andreas Greiner (* 1979, Aachen) has developed his work around questions of the individuality of a being, which has led him to the alteration of the living: bioengineering, the manipulation of our natural environment. Using scientific methods in his artistic approach, he illuminates different dimensions of the human-nature-relationship. He deals with the contemporary interactions of nature, technology, culture, and art – discussing ethical and socio-political questions of human interventions into even the smallest levels of evolution. Andreas Greiner studied Medicine and Fine Art at Universities in Germany, Italy and Budapest, he graduated from the Institut für Raumexperimente of Prof. Olafur Eliasson. He is a member of the artistic collective Das Numen and artistic duo A/A together with Armin Keplinger.