Genpets (shrinkwrapped pets)
Status: Hoax (art project)
Meet Genpets, the cute, cuddly (kind of ugly) pets of the future, that come shrinkwrapped in plastic: Genpets are living, breathing mammals. Bio-Genica is a Bioengineering Company that has combined, and modified existing DNA to create the Genpets lineup. Genpets are flesh and blood just like any other animal... Genpets are designed to be sold on retail store shelves, not traditional pet stores. This is why they are packaged in plastic.
It should be pretty obvious that Genpets aren't real, though the Genpets site is well designed. The Genpets site is the creation of artist Adam Brandejs. Apparently he's actually been hanging these things in store windows. And the real-life versions of them look like they're alive, thanks to some robotics and circuitry. He writes: Genpets seems to create a reaction wherever they go. While in the store window of Iodine Toronto, the shop owner began sleeping in the store as many nights, people would bang at the windows furiously. Some in protest of the small Bio-genetically engineered creatures trapped in plastic, some wanting to wake them up or buy them. Hordes of teens wanting a bioengineered pet met confused, baffled, or even shocked looks from parents. For an upcoming generation, through our own marketing techniques, life and the idea of life are quickly becoming viewed as disposable commodities. It’s easier to dismiss Genpets as a hoax or exaggeration when you’re not faced with a wall of them. The experience of a grainy photo is different than standing face to face with a breathing, sleeping Genpet.
(Thanks to Torbjørn Solstad for the link)Posted By: Alex | Date: Wed Jun 14, 2006 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 53
Category: Animals, Websites, Technology
Category: Animals, Websites, Technology
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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What is wrong with you people it took me half a second to figure out this was a hoax. I mean come on Bonzai Kittens is almost as good a hoax as this is and you people were probably going on and on about that to. And lets face it people, Christians are so up there own ass about what is playing god that even trying to cure things with Bio engineering has become a one way ticket to holy hell!!!!!
Posted by YYYYYYYiii in sss on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 06:44 PM
ok... here's the thing... iot might be a hoax right now(which i doubt... the gov. probably has these but are hiding the fact that they can do it) If biotechnology gets this advanced we will not like it they will adapt and grow, get smart and... yeah.. not so good for humans.. so all you who want them dont... they are not good at all....
Posted by hotchick2121 in Earth on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 07:06 AM
iot might be a hoax right now(which i doubt... the gov. probably has these but are hiding the fact that they can do it)
OK, so you can't spell 'it' - can you spell 'paranoia'?
Heh heh:)
Posted by outeast in Prague on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 07:12 AM
OK, so you can't spell 'it' - can you spell 'paranoia'?
Heh heh:)
ok, ok... i cant proofread my own typing... but just take a moment to think about what can happen eventually with this technology.... then read the book The bar code tatoo.....
Posted by hotchick2121 in whatever on Fri Nov 10, 2006 at 06:52 AM
WTF are these damn things....alls i know is that thier scary why the fuck would someone say these little shits are cute...it could make a grown man shit his pants and piss 'em to if those things are real (which is most likely illogical) then our government will hide them like area 51 look up videos on area 51 its sick operating on an alien man i can go all day if aliens are real then so are these i for one believe aliens are real i mean seriously there is for all we know endless space so...think of all the possibilities hell, there could be a sub-spieces of human but, you people don't want to read about me rambleing on and on about some shit that you guys think is fake right?
Posted by skaterjerk in Lansing, IL on Tue Dec 26, 2006 at 09:44 PM
i just wanted to see how it looked as "skaterjerk in your ass" lol
Posted by skaterjerk in your ass on Tue Dec 26, 2006 at 09:46 PM
OMG
Posted by Natalie in New Jersey on Fri Jan 26, 2007 at 07:39 AM
I feel relieved.
Ever since I found about this so called Genpets,
I had a sense of confusion.
I think it's awful to mix various species with one another.
Thank God this was not true.
Posted by Hooshmand Irani in IRAN on Mon Jan 29, 2007 at 12:15 AM
Ever since I found about this so called Genpets,
I had a sense of confusion.
I think it's awful to mix various species with one another.
Thank God this was not true.
they're not real but ccheck out this wiki, it has more info on other cross speices;
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Posted by twat flap in up inside your head on Fri Feb 09, 2007 at 09:34 AM
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Whats is really the gen pets???
please, send me a photo more especified, and explain me ..
i'm to curious,...
tanks
Posted by alex mayor in brazil on Thu Apr 26, 2007 at 08:03 PM
please, send me a photo more especified, and explain me ..
i'm to curious,...
tanks
these things are fake... I don't see how hard it is to grasp the concept... it's noted in a multitude of sources... do your research
in addition animal rights?
playing God?
like these are new concepts... go look at any testing lab and you'll see stuff more disconcerting then a "genpet"
Posted by cpalermino in montreal on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 12:37 PM
in addition animal rights?
playing God?
like these are new concepts... go look at any testing lab and you'll see stuff more disconcerting then a "genpet"
ladies and gentlemen this is the image of our future... wake up and feel the danger...we try to be better and more and more and more perfect... this will lead us to make the perfect man. and we will destroy our kind. very good idea to wake us up.
Posted by apostolis stikas in greece on Tue Sep 25, 2007 at 04:51 AM
man, i sooo wanted one. AND THEN I FOUND OUT IT WAS A HOAX! I refused to believe it at first - that is soooo awesome!
Why don't they just make it? Obviously its gotten a reaction from the public, whether that be good, or bad. I think we should recognise how far we've come today re. technology
Posted by babyslug on Thu Oct 18, 2007 at 07:44 PM
Why don't they just make it? Obviously its gotten a reaction from the public, whether that be good, or bad. I think we should recognise how far we've come today re. technology
... wow babyslug... killer screen name
they can't make them "for everyone" because we humans haven't created life out of plastic yet
and also because companies though close aren't going to produce things for the whims of people, especially shrink wrapped life forms
an artist made them
not mattel
Posted by chacha in mtl on Sun Oct 21, 2007 at 08:03 PM
they can't make them "for everyone" because we humans haven't created life out of plastic yet
and also because companies though close aren't going to produce things for the whims of people, especially shrink wrapped life forms
an artist made them
not mattel
Have you seen Resident Evil?
Think well about it.....
Posted by me in Brasil on Wed Jan 02, 2008 at 03:44 AM
Think well about it.....
EEEWWW It looks like a dead baby.
Posted by Nicaroo in MN on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 02:57 PM
omg this is the best pet ever im getten one of those things and namen it sparkie! this is the best animal science ever! keep it up you guys make some more kewl animals!-Eecie<3
Posted by ElisE in maine on Fri May 23, 2008 at 02:17 PM
I will get one definatley Eecie<3 talked me into them cute lil things were both definatly gettin them things we'll have playdates together 2. People say they'll eat you in your sleep like my friend daniel. NOT TRUE PEEPLE!
outy Livso
P.S. Im naming mine Geraldo
Posted by Olivia in ME on Sat May 24, 2008 at 10:05 AM
outy Livso
P.S. Im naming mine Geraldo
Hey, you know what is so funny about their FAQ answers? there is a question that says if genpets bite! and the answer is that they should not bite, however they come with teeth remover kit!!!
Wow!! thats so cruel! would anyone teaches a kid to remove their pets' teeth if the pet bites!! would you do that to your dog!
I believe this website is desined by some psycology student working on some kind of semi research on peoples sadistic capabilities! Maybe to see how far would people go to be sadistic trowards an imaginary creature that they think is made by human so is destined to be turchered by human. Or if people care at all!
Posted by lADAN in TORONTO on Mon Jul 07, 2008 at 05:06 PM
Wow!! thats so cruel! would anyone teaches a kid to remove their pets' teeth if the pet bites!! would you do that to your dog!
I believe this website is desined by some psycology student working on some kind of semi research on peoples sadistic capabilities! Maybe to see how far would people go to be sadistic trowards an imaginary creature that they think is made by human so is destined to be turchered by human. Or if people care at all!
When i heard about them I thought it is breakthrough and rushed to the website and well it was obviously a hoax! but the saddest part is there are many people out there believing in it!
Posted by MSH on Sun Jul 20, 2008 at 03:51 AM
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