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Victimless Leather. That’s what artists Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr are promoting with their latest art piece which features skins cells being "fed" for 11 days. The cells grew and multiplied proving that the demand for leather clothing products could be supported by lab grown skin. The exhbit was displayed at the Israeli Center for Digital Art [via].

Is it possible to produce a fur coat without killing an animal? The answer, in a word, is yes. Artists Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr have done it, and the result is on view in an installation called “Victimless Leather” at the Israeli Center for Digital Art in Holon. The two grew a miniature coat from living skin cells, in an improvised laboratory they established for this purpose at the center. The growth process, which requires a special technology, took place in the lab. For 11 days the two artists “fed” the cells, which grew and multiplied, creating a miniature coat. On the last day they “killed” the coat by no longer feeding it. The audience that viewed the display was taught how to create this kind of system by themselves.

Sounds like fun! Who wants a similar science kit for Christmas?