Orlan (France) / Biography
THE HARLEQUIN’S COAT

The Harlequin’s Coat is an ‘in progress’ installation incorporating a video projection of cells from different origins and a bioreactor – specifically designed for this project, where my skin cells are co-cultured with cells from a foetus of African origin, Swann cells, marsupial cells and bovine cells. The Harlequin’s Coat was developed in the SymbioticA Art and Science Laboratory at the University of Western Australia in 2007 and exhibited in Perth and Liverpool. The Harlequin’s Coat was inspired by Laicite, a text written by Michel Serres.


VIDEO DOCUMENTATION: The Harlequin’s Coat (10:21), 2008. The short version of film was prepared by KB NCCA (Russia) specially for the Evolution Haute Couture project. Based on Orlan, The Harlequin’s Coat (29:06), FR/AU, in French and English, English subtitles, color, stereo, DVD, 2008.
PHOTO CREDITS: Orlan, The Harlequin’s Coat, 2007-08. © 2007-08 Photos by Tony Nathan, Raphael Cuir
NOARK
THE LIVING SCREEN
MOIST MEDIA ARCHIVES: 
LIVING VIRAL TATTOOS
HYMNEXT
THE HARLEQUIN'S COAT
IMMOLATION		 The Tissue Culture & Art Project: Oron Catts / Ionat Zurr
BioKino Group: Tanya Visosevic / Guy Ben-Ary
 
Tagny Duff
Julia Reodica
Orlan
Critical Art Ensemble
CONTENTS

DVD-ROM 1
I. ARTIFICIAL BUT ACTUAL: Artificial Life
II. LIMITS OF MODELING: Evolutionary Design
III. SHINING PROSTHESES: Robotics

DVD-ROM 2
IV. BODY AS TECHNOLOGY: Techno-body Modification
V. MORE THAN A COPY, LESS THAN NOTHINGNESS: Bio and Genetic Engineering
VI. SEMI-LIVING: Tissue and Stem Cells Engineering
VII. POST SCRIPTUM: Re-Coding