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The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (CCP, 1999) is a global, transdisciplinary and transtemporal examination of the themes of biocultural diversity and identity through the interplay of art, science and beauty. In the CCP Koen Vanmechelen cross-breeds chicken breeds from different countries. His ultimate goal is the creation of a Cosmopolitan Chicken carrying the genes of all the planet's chicken breeds. Much more than a mere domesticated animal, the chicken is art in itself.

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  • The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (CCP, 1999) is a global, transdisciplinary and transtemporal examination of the themes of biocultural diversity and identity through the interplay of art, science and beauty. In the CCP Koen Vanmechelen cross-breeds chicken breeds from different countries. His ultimate goal is the creation of a Cosmopolitan Chicken carrying the genes of all the planet's chicken breeds. Much more than a mere domesticated animal, the chicken is art in itself. It serves as a metaphor for the human animal and its relationship with the biological and cultural diversity of the planet. While the native breeds that descended from the original chicken (the Red Junglefowl) are evolutionary dead-ends (being shaped to reflect the typical cultural characteristics of its community), Vanmechelen's hybrids are solutions. Many years of crossbreeding have proven that each successive generation of hybrids is ‘better’. It is more resilient, it lives longer, is less susceptible to diseases, and it exhibits less aggressive behavior. Genetic diversity is essential, proves the Cosmopolitan Chicken Research Programme (CC®P), which studies the various CCP hybrids. Central to Koen Vanmechelen's oeuvre is the chicken. More specifically: the interbreeding of domesticated chickens from different countries and the expected creation of a cosmopolitan hybrid. Vanmechelen uses the animal, which has been co-evolving with the human animal for more than 7.000 years, as a metaphor for the global cultural and genetic mix that diversity and hybridisation create. His work also questions the position of the human animal on the planet. In the millennium year 2.000, he presented his first ‘crossing’, the Mechelse Bresse, a hybrid born out of the Belgian species Mechelse Koekoek and the French Poulet de Bresse. At this moment the 17th hybrid species, the Mechelse Styrian, is a fact. Eighteen countries have been included in the CCP. The chicken, its egg and cage, are powerful symbols that allow Vanmechelen to make links between scientific, political, philosophical and ethical issues. The intrinsic philosophical system he thus developed are meant to be the subject of debates, discussions and lectures. To secure the future of the project, the genetic material of all the Mechelse hybrids is stored. The artist is working on sculptures based on the chickens’ DNA and is considering dedomestication or the release of his birds into the wild. (en)
  • The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project is een internationaal project waarbij de Belgische kunstenaar Koen Vanmechelen via de kruising van nationale kippenrassen op zoek gaat naar een hybride of kosmopolitische kip. Deze kip zou dan genen van alle kippenrassen ter wereld met zich meedragen. In 1998 begon Vanmechelen te werken aan wat later The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project werd, een wereldwijd kruisingsprogramma met nationale en regionale kippenrassen. Met dit project gaat hij op zoek naar een kosmopolitische kip, een metafoor voor de mondiale culturele en genetische smeltkroes. De eerste kruising tussen de Belgische "Mechelse Koekoek" en de Franse "Poulet de Bresse" vond plaats in 2000 tijdens de tentoonstelling Storm Center (curator Jan Hoet) in Watou. Het project is sindsdien uitgegroeid tot de kern van Vanmechelens werk en het vormt voor de kunstenaar een vehikel om aandacht te vragen voor wederzijds begrip en voor het overschrijden van grenzen in de brede zin van het woord. Met dit project bewandelt hij bovendien al enkele jaren de scheidingslijn tussen kunst en wetenschap. In 2008 werd de overleden geneticus Jean-Jacques Cassiman actief bij het project betrokken en later ook genetisch genealoog Maarten Larmuseau. Hij onderzoekt sindsdien het DNA van de gekruiste kippen en probeert zo te achterhalen of de kruisingen leiden tot een verhoging van de genetische diversiteit. Om dit project te ondersteunen, hebben enkele personen zich gegroepeerd in de vorm van de stichting Cosmopolitan Chicken Research Project, die bij de oprichting onder andere steun ontving van het . (nl)
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  • The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (CCP, 1999) is a global, transdisciplinary and transtemporal examination of the themes of biocultural diversity and identity through the interplay of art, science and beauty. In the CCP Koen Vanmechelen cross-breeds chicken breeds from different countries. His ultimate goal is the creation of a Cosmopolitan Chicken carrying the genes of all the planet's chicken breeds. Much more than a mere domesticated animal, the chicken is art in itself. (en)
  • The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project is een internationaal project waarbij de Belgische kunstenaar Koen Vanmechelen via de kruising van nationale kippenrassen op zoek gaat naar een hybride of kosmopolitische kip. Deze kip zou dan genen van alle kippenrassen ter wereld met zich meedragen. (nl)
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  • The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (nl)
  • The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (en)
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