2022/11/11

Art Blogger Régine Debatty Questions Ethics of Artwork Featuring Living Hermit Crabs

● 11/11/2022
“The hermit crab is, unlike its name suggests, a social creature. They live in groups and are probably much more comfortable in the wild than in an exhibition space.”
– Art blogger and critic Régine Debatty, questioning the ethics of Aki Inomata’s Why Not Hand Over a ​“Shelter” to Hermit Crabs? (2009-) within the “Biotopia” exhibition at Le Pavillon, Namur (BE), as part of KIKK Festival. The installation features a living hermit crab, sheltering in a “fancy” 3D-printed artifact.
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