Go and have a look at the website genpets.com and you’ll find out that these little ugly guys are mass produced bio-engineered pets. Each comes pre-packaged as a fully self-contained unit in sort of a hibernation condition. They are available in 7 different personality types and are delivered with a fresh strip and heart monitor. You can spend ages on the website but will not find out much more. There’s no video clip or explanation if these things can talk, walk or whatever.

After doing some Google-ing I found the website of the artist Adam Brandejs who’s behind all of this. It certainly makes you think differently about bio-engineering when you see a whole wall of these guys. And considering the professional website that came with the installation in a store in Canada this would confuse quite a few people including myself.