From the moment humans and wolves first decided to play nice with one another, humans have been directing the development of other animals. After 30,000 years, we have tiny chihuahuas, angora rabbits puffed like pompoms, and Belgian blue cattle with ‘double-muscling’. Our best friends are just as carefully designed as the latest piece of technology. There’s no doubt that we will bring whole ecosystems of manufactured animals into the world. Where selective breeding stops, genetic modification begins. Next nature will be overrun with next animals.
Staff Picks
‘Call it a Konik, Heck or Hegardt, the modern tarpan is still, fundamentally, a fake’
The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill
In the Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill, Banksy's animals have a strange afterlife as consumer products.