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Pets that are genetically engineered and manufactured to order may be a dream (or nightmare) of the future, but they aren't here quite yet: Although the web site Genpets.com puts on a good show of spoofing an outlet for the sale of pre-packaged, bio-engineered pets, no such product exists. One common giveaway: prospective buyers couldn't actually order anything through the (since-removed) Genpets store, with the excuse given that Bio-Genica is still developing its connections and relations with resellers while we get the various approvals needed to sell Genpets worldwide. Like similar items we've been asked about, Genpets are actually artworks — in this case plastic and latex sculptures (including circuitry and robotics) created in 2005 by then 24-year-old Canadian commercial artist Adam Brandejs. As the artist explained in conjunction with an exhibition of his work, the point of Genpets is to get the public thinking about the concept of bioengineering and how they feel about where that science might lead us: When Genpets were exhibited in a Toronto storefront, they created a reaction much like the one now being prompted by the Genpets.com web site: Adam Brandejs' other works include the animatronic flesh shoe and a prosthetic zipper.
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