Œuvre d'art public

The Commodification of Life

Ron Benner,The Commodification of Life, 1996
Ron Benner,The Commodification of Life, 1996
Location:
Londsale Quay, 401 Richmond street, Toronto, ON, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Benner, Ron
Text author(s): 
Benner, Ron
Installation year: 
1996
Description: 

Photographic posters installed in a mall.

Text of the artwork: 

[Photography on wall I]

AGRACETUS AGRIGENETICS ARCO
BIOTEC BIOTECHNICA INTL. CETUS
U.S. PATENT NO.2,365,348

 

[Photography on wall II]

CALGENE DAVID MICHAEL & CO
DNA PLANT TECH DUPONT INGENE
U.S. PATENT NO.2,864,353

[Photography on wall III]

IPRI LOTTE LUBRIZOL MONSANTO
MOLECULAR GENETICS PRUTECH
U.S. PATENT NO. 3,234,658

 

[Photography on wall IV]

PHYTOGEN PLANT SCIENCES LTD.
PIONEER HI-BRED PFIZER CORP.
U.S. PATENT NO.3,843,625

 

[Photography on wall V]

PLANT GENETICS SUNGENE SOHIO
U.S.D.A U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE
U.S. PATENT NO.4,326,358

Artwork theme: 

Genetically modified organisms (GMO), science, technology, nature, corporation, threat to the population

History: 
  1. History of the work: Work created in 1995. Exhibited for the first time in North Vancouver.
    Event: Londsale Quay, North Vancouver, BC.
    Date  1996

  2. History of the work: There are now three sets of five photographs: one is in a public space, permanently installed at 401 Richmond Street, Level 4, Toronto, ON. Each photograph of the three existing sets measure H.1, 83 m x L.1 11 m = H.72 x L.44 inches.
    Event: public art project.
    Date:1996 -.

  3. History of the work:
    Event: Ontario provincial New Democratic Party leadership convention, Hamilton Convention Center, Hamilton, ON
    Date: 1997-2001, 1998

  4. History of the work: There are now three sets of five photographs: one is in the collection of the McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario (UWO), London, ON. Each photograph of the three existing sets measure H.1, 83 mx L.1 11 m = H.72 x L.44 inches.

Dimensions:

Height: 
1.83m
Width: 
1.11m
Owner(s): 
Ron Benner (collection of the artist) McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, Ondon, ON
Document(s): 

Civil and Uncivil Societies

Mooney, Pat Roy (1996).  Civil and Uncivil Societies. Biotechnologies Public Talks no.1. Vancouver : Presentation House Gallery, p. 1-10

Bio-Colonization and Bio-Piracy: The Final Frontier

Armstrong, Jeannette (1996).  Bio-Colonization and Bio-Piracy: The Final Frontier. Biotechnologies Public Talks no.1. Vancouver : Presentation House Gallery, p. 11-17