https://ecetan.com Ece Tan Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:18:36 +0000 https://ecetan.com en https://ecetan.com/Featured-Project Fri, 08 Jul 2022 14:24:53 +0000 Ece Tan https://ecetan.com/Featured-Project FEATURED PROJECT ︎︎︎ HAPPY COW SPECULATIVE BOVINE SEX TOYS&nbsp; html, body { overflow: hidden; } https://ecetan.com/projects-1 Thu, 14 Jul 2022 22:02:38 +0000 Ece Tan https://ecetan.com/projects-1 PROJECTS body.page .gk-logo-text.inverse &gt; span{ color: #000; } https://ecetan.com/happycow Thu, 14 Jul 2022 23:13:48 +0000 Ece Tan https://ecetan.com/happycow HAPPY COW SPECULATIVE BOVINE SEX TOYS PROJECT FILM ︎︎︎ Can we give cows under our care the dignity of pleasure? <img width="1920" height="1920" width_o="1920" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64cb2b6bcf06ec8364dc48b3168d3920ee9142e1f0f3a2375637593fa36dfca1/HP_IMAGE01.jpg" data-mid="147943210" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64cb2b6bcf06ec8364dc48b3168d3920ee9142e1f0f3a2375637593fa36dfca1/HP_IMAGE01.jpg" /><img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0873e335842e407ee8d90ff4770f74bbd85fec8be4940cf8b831ff331ca210d8/HP_IMAGE02.jpg" data-mid="147943211" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0873e335842e407ee8d90ff4770f74bbd85fec8be4940cf8b831ff331ca210d8/HP_IMAGE02.jpg" /> <img width="2278" height="4051" width_o="2278" height_o="4051" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9e03b0251434c705493fac937242dd88ff4c0bcdc0815b26e98676718a90d15/HP_IMAGE03.jpg" data-mid="147943212" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9e03b0251434c705493fac937242dd88ff4c0bcdc0815b26e98676718a90d15/HP_IMAGE03.jpg" /> <img width="1358" height="1920" width_o="1358" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68abb3d2b1ad1cc38aa9c8b668c696294754d70a84551b4fbffec3ba20df6f4b/HP_IMAGE04.jpg" data-mid="147943213" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/68abb3d2b1ad1cc38aa9c8b668c696294754d70a84551b4fbffec3ba20df6f4b/HP_IMAGE04.jpg" /> Happy Cow is a speculative design project that questions the arbitrariness of human empathy and the contradictions within anthropocentric value systems. Through the lens of commodified cows, it critiques how care, empathy, and worth are selectively distributed according to human priorities, biases, and utility. Developed during postgraduate design research at Central Saint Martins, the project centres on industrial dairy farming as a context for challenging the moral boundaries of human-centric norms. By reimagining farming tools as instruments of intimacy, pleasure, and dignity, Happy Cow confronts the emotional dissonance embedded in anthropocentrism and invites critical reflection on the ethics of care. At its core, the project proposes speculative artefacts, a series of bovine sex toys, designed to retrofit existing farming tools. Materially and aesthetically familiar to humans, these objects expose the tension between perceived care and normalised industrial practices. Through its provocations, Happy Cow aims to elicit diverse reactions and advance the ongoing discourse on ethics, empathy, and more-than-human relations as a catalyst for reflective debate. Milking Teat Cup Massager <img width="3328" height="4160" width_o="3328" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bbc243ab902074164cfd46abdee94feb8a3631929692e71c8f1e8d22cd6368ce/HP_IMAGE05.jpg" data-mid="147943214" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bbc243ab902074164cfd46abdee94feb8a3631929692e71c8f1e8d22cd6368ce/HP_IMAGE05.jpg" /> Artificial Insemination Dildo <img width="1536" height="1920" width_o="1536" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff547ea31fd3a88c4c5692a5a0643d0cd7128196142e07b861b947ef13cc9776/HP_IMAGE06.jpg" data-mid="147943216" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff547ea31fd3a88c4c5692a5a0643d0cd7128196142e07b861b947ef13cc9776/HP_IMAGE06.jpg" /> Ribbed &amp; Dotted Examination Glove <img width="1280" height="1600" width_o="1280" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80dfe309948dc8d8a66d0677352c20bf91a79879fa66a3f4dee6677f71be8357/HP_IMAGE07-1.jpg" data-mid="151973815" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/80dfe309948dc8d8a66d0677352c20bf91a79879fa66a3f4dee6677f71be8357/HP_IMAGE07-1.jpg" /> <img width="1357" height="1920" width_o="1357" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8379380b74a359260ebe955441a43b23011d102073b4fedba0ccbe8bbe62fe75/HP_IMAGE08.jpg" data-mid="147943218" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8379380b74a359260ebe955441a43b23011d102073b4fedba0ccbe8bbe62fe75/HP_IMAGE08.jpg" /> <img width="1359" height="1920" width_o="1359" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33110d706777c7c22ba9a234349a302e84159231da319c213cd4b98634b2e8f6/HP_IMAGE10.jpg" data-mid="147943220" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33110d706777c7c22ba9a234349a302e84159231da319c213cd4b98634b2e8f6/HP_IMAGE10.jpg" /> <img width="1359" height="1920" width_o="1359" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcc1f7b2273757edb776984b37c65500e3f28a2fdfcea5351b87e5175c669d73/HP_IMAGE09.jpg" data-mid="147943219" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bcc1f7b2273757edb776984b37c65500e3f28a2fdfcea5351b87e5175c669d73/HP_IMAGE09.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1276" width_o="1920" height_o="1276" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29e8b1075d54ed0143da1c842bf171a07f57b42df7d765d280deb98e114d9f94/HP_IMAGE11.jpg" data-mid="147943221" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/29e8b1075d54ed0143da1c842bf171a07f57b42df7d765d280deb98e114d9f94/HP_IMAGE11.jpg" /> Image, Video &amp; Sound Credits:&nbsp; Maël Hénaff, @maelhenaff Next&nbsp;︎ © 2022 Ece Tan https://ecetan.com/subhuman Fri, 15 Jul 2022 03:13:04 +0000 Ece Tan https://ecetan.com/subhuman SUBSTANTIALLY HUMAN PHOTOGRAPHY ︎︎︎ <img width="3543" height="3543" width_o="3543" height_o="3543" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0156ce37009e691e8271ea89d6d682a866a3d9fbf24229f456db3cd623eb5e47/SH_IMAGE01.jpg" data-mid="147944294" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0156ce37009e691e8271ea89d6d682a866a3d9fbf24229f456db3cd623eb5e47/SH_IMAGE01.jpg" /> How will we define humanness in the future? Recent bio-scientfic advancements might blur the lines of our definition of being human where animals containing human material might challenge our established views.&nbsp; <img width="4843" height="3543" width_o="4843" height_o="3543" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4706fcf385a083892ac17aa0608621f6d1abac0cca6f59ee43d5e669c34ff882/SH_IMAGE02.jpg" data-mid="147944296" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4706fcf385a083892ac17aa0608621f6d1abac0cca6f59ee43d5e669c34ff882/SH_IMAGE02.jpg" /><img width="2480" height="2480" width_o="2480" height_o="2480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f09a68b68c43aa49c077121062ab10dab54ae5309b6834126d7824389d77003/SH_IMAGE03.jpg" data-mid="147944300" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f09a68b68c43aa49c077121062ab10dab54ae5309b6834126d7824389d77003/SH_IMAGE03.jpg" /> <img width="3543" height="5054" width_o="3543" height_o="5054" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed56c81263e40f24bd6113975875593a9c102d761c6114945098e42cace4384b/SH_IMAGE05.png" data-mid="147944307" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed56c81263e40f24bd6113975875593a9c102d761c6114945098e42cace4384b/SH_IMAGE05.png" /> <img width="3543" height="3543" width_o="3543" height_o="3543" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b8fa8886e3fcbd33ea255f34584d713f23fb51ee25576db9b3e16d1eb0ec96f9/SH_IMAGE04.png" data-mid="147944303" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b8fa8886e3fcbd33ea255f34584d713f23fb51ee25576db9b3e16d1eb0ec96f9/SH_IMAGE04.png" /> Next&nbsp;︎ © 2022 Ece Tan https://ecetan.com/milkwatch Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:03:18 +0000 Ece Tan https://ecetan.com/milkwatch MILK WATCH PROJECT ︎︎︎ <img width="6000" height="3375" width_o="6000" height_o="3375" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b587af9b3528b40c59d832383d3c8fd6d06aca7e1f2e513174b5c3b276c60584/MW_IMAGE01.jpg" data-mid="147944851" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b587af9b3528b40c59d832383d3c8fd6d06aca7e1f2e513174b5c3b276c60584/MW_IMAGE01.jpg" /> Text is coming soon! <img width="3375" height="6000" width_o="3375" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41ffef040d24dc8e115ac03052d3ee16e3aa5cc2c63c248190c7b60d6ccc318f/MW_IMAGE02.jpg" data-mid="147944853" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41ffef040d24dc8e115ac03052d3ee16e3aa5cc2c63c248190c7b60d6ccc318f/MW_IMAGE02.jpg" /><img width="1688" height="1688" width_o="1688" height_o="1688" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfd540d758a2b4fb0806e3409e530229fd9c1b1cdb12446850c532458e9e6c7a/MW_IMAGE03.jpg" data-mid="147944854" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bfd540d758a2b4fb0806e3409e530229fd9c1b1cdb12446850c532458e9e6c7a/MW_IMAGE03.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; Next&nbsp;︎ © 2022 Ece Tan https://ecetan.com/dignisuit Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:18:36 +0000 Ece Tan https://ecetan.com/dignisuit DIGNISUIT DIGNITY SUITS FOR PIGEONS PROJECT VIDEO︎︎︎ Dignity Suits for Pigeons Without putting humans as the central reference point, this project aims to question our inherent societal behaviours towards pigeons, and at large, anything we deem of little value, human or nonhuman. &nbsp; &nbsp; Dignisuit uses satire to criticise the notion of prioritising our needs above all else. It wants to challenge our mindset to to invoke empathy and responsibility for our actions. Cat Disguise Suit <img width="5000" height="4183" width_o="5000" height_o="4183" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01ebed799328cdaf278726556579963a22a657002b8f6e08c61b441c971dc900/DS_IMAGE01.jpg" data-mid="147945784" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01ebed799328cdaf278726556579963a22a657002b8f6e08c61b441c971dc900/DS_IMAGE01.jpg" /> Peacock Disguise Suit <img width="3324" height="4000" width_o="3324" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a226b9180e160688119897fac7f0bfa6e4d472666fd6fc403d428f7517da81d8/DS_IMAGE02.png" data-mid="147945789" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a226b9180e160688119897fac7f0bfa6e4d472666fd6fc403d428f7517da81d8/DS_IMAGE02.png" /> Rabbit Disguise Suit <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c96b2075a5dddce11f060f5c5681a4ee75824a7dd7bff93a313d066d5b70cfd3/DS_IMAGE03.jpg" data-mid="147945792" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c96b2075a5dddce11f060f5c5681a4ee75824a7dd7bff93a313d066d5b70cfd3/DS_IMAGE03.jpg" /> Next&nbsp;︎ © 2022 Ece Tan https://ecetan.com/about Fri, 08 Jul 2022 14:24:54 +0000 Ece Tan https://ecetan.com/about Ece Tan is a speculative designer and researcher. By presenting alternative narratives, she aims to critically engage viewers with possible future scenarios and to create catalysts for debate on the implications of the choices we make today. CONTACT︎︎︎ Please get in touch if you would like to commission work or collaborate together on a project. ︎ hello@ecetan.com ︎ @ece_t ︎ linkedin ︎ London, UK EXHIBITIONS︎︎︎ -&nbsp;Dutch Design Week‘22 - Eindhoven, Netherlands&nbsp;︎︎︎︎ - CSM Shows‘22 - Material Futures, Kings Cross, London PRESS︎︎︎ - Dezeen, July‘22 ︎︎︎︎ - L’essential, July‘22 ︎︎︎︎ WORKSHOPS &amp; TUTORING︎︎︎ - Facilitator, Radio Blah Blah - Workshop by Maël Hénaff, London&nbsp;︎︎︎︎ - Freelance Specialist Technician, Central Saint Martins, London © 2022 Ece Tan