CHRYSTL RIJKEBOER

 

Knitted baby-boy of human hair.
About the ‘boy-childwish’ of a woman, who during its pregnancy only knitted boys sweaters. She gave birth to girls only. During the pregnancies of her daughters she again knitted piles of boys sweaters. Her daughters as well gave birth to girls only. The wish of having a son never came true for this woman. This work concernes the queste about the ethic values of DNA manipulation.
There are clinics working with DNA for the “construction” of babies; the determination of the sex, color of the hair and eyes, the intelect etc. When a childwish is so strong, how do we feel about those issues.