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A photo book on the eponymous breed of chickens that was developed in order to use its eggs in the production of medicines and vaccines.

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Novogen focuses on the eponymous breed of chickens that was developed in order to use its eggs in the production of pharmaceutical products such as medicines and vaccines. Through the investigation of the industrialised farming of the Novogen White Light chicken, Dániel Szalai (HU) intends to articulate questions and dilemmas regarding technology and man’s relation to nature. The core of the book is formed by an extensive series of portraits of individual chickens besides photographs documenting the environment of the vaccine production, a reflective text by philosopher Fahim Amir, and a selection of extracts from the management guide of the Novogen White Light. Szalai believes that the way these chickens are ‘conceptualised’ can be a metaphor for human positions in the job market, or in the political domain.

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Novogen focuses on the eponymous breed of chickens that was developed in order to use its eggs in the production of pharmaceutical products such as medicines and vaccines. Through the investigation of the industrialised farming of the Novogen White Light chicken, Dániel Szalai (HU) intends to articulate questions and dilemmas regarding technology and man’s relation to nature. The core of the book is formed by an extensive series of portraits of individual chickens besides photographs documenting the environment of the vaccine production, a reflective text by philosopher Fahim Amir, and a selection of extracts from the management guide of the Novogen White Light. Szalai believes that the way these chickens are ‘conceptualised’ can be a metaphor for human positions in the job market, or in the political domain.

Biografie

Daniel Szalai (1991) is a Hungarian artist. His projects investigate peculiar manifestations of human-animal relationships and reflect on societal, political and economic anomalies. He mixes different media in his artistic practice and also works with spatial installations. Szalai studied photography at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, and he also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art and Design Theory. His Novogen project received international acclaim and was exhibited on nummerous photo-festivals in Europe and China. He lives and works in Budapest.

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