Loren Gibbons

Artist Statement

In the luxury goods industry, animal products are commonly used. Ethics, sustainability, and animal rights are now having a foothold in our society and people are attempting to take action to prevent engaging in animal cruelty, but there is a lack of transparency in the production of a lot of these goods meaning consumers are unaware of a lot of the goods that contain unethically sourced materials from animals. In an interview style, the online magazine reports on the animals themselves and compares them to the items they are used as materials in producing to dismantle some of the cognitive dissonance that persists in contemporary consumer culture.