Iris van Herpen - Biopiracy

In the recent past, patents on our genes have been purchased. Are we still the sole proprietor of our bodies?
From this question arises a sense of arrested freedom in one's most intimate, solitary state.

A mix of ready-to-wear and couture pieces is presented with artist Lawrence Malstaf -who specializes in the interaction between biology and physicality.
Models float in the air, embryonic, seemingly weightless and in a meditative suspended animation.


Credits
Show Producer: Etienne Russo
Styling: Tom van Dorpe
Creative consultant: Jerry Stafford
Art Installation: Lawrence Malstaf
3D printing in collaboration with Julia Koerner and Materialise
Shoes in collaboration with United Nude
Music Director: Salvador Breed
Press agent: Karim Ben Geloun - Karla Otto
Casting Director: Pierre Del Moro, Samuele Ellis Scheinman
Regie: Kim Vos
Make-up: Inge Grognard - M.A.C.
Hair: Maria Kovacs, Marco Lafrate - TIGI
Video Registration: Fabrice Daville - Premices Films