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Description: “Are we still the proprietors of our own bodies?” This question is at the heart of the Biopiracy collection. In society where boundaries between private and public are porous, questions surrounding the ownership of one’s own body have grown. In the recent past “biological patents” on our genes have been purchased that interfere with our fundamental property rights and with notions such as physical integrity, individuality, and autonomy.nnThe work of Belgian artist Lawrence Malstaf was