After being introduced to the brilliant Bart Hess through his lucyandbart collaboration with Lucy McRae, my fascination is further solidified by his latest project: The Hunt for Hightech.
With his Hunt for Hightech art project, Hess created a collection of fake fur that touches on elements of fetishism, human instinct and new animal archetypes. According to Hess, he did not try to mimic the real animal kingdom, but created a fantasy world of his own.
"The way this started was through the process of imagining fantasy animals; animals that could be genetically manipulated, part robot, part organic, how they would move in their environment and what they felt like to touch," he said.
"Bart then took his (imagined) gun and "hunted" them, looking for their extra ordinary, high tech furs. He thought about tactile qualities like reflection, the way the hair grows and three dimensionality and took these characteristics, magnified them, manipulated and exaggerated them."
Check out his amazing lucyandbart collaboration below:
Fake Mutated Animals
Fantasy Hunt for Hightech
Trend Themes
1. Fantasy Animals - Opportunity to explore new animal archetypes and create fantasy creatures through genetic manipulation.
2. Hightech Fur - Opportunity to enhance tactile qualities of fur like reflecting, growing of hair and three-dimensionality.
3. Fetishism - Exploring the relationship between fetishism, human instinct, and art through fantastical creations.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion - Hightech fur could revolutionize the fashion industry by bringing new textures and aesthetics to clothing and accessories.
2. Art - Fantasy animals can be the inspiration for new forms of art, installations, exhibitions, and performances.
3. Technology - The use of genetic manipulation and artificial intelligence in the creation of fantasy animals could have major technological implications.