Lauren Lee McCarthy In Conversation With Jenny Kennedy

Lauren Lee McCarthy In Conversation With Jenny Kennedy

Author: ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art) May 30, 2023 Duration: 24:40
Roe v. Wade is overturned while gene editing is opening entirely new reproductive futures. What does kin mean as reproductive technologies shift our relationships? How much control should we have over a birthing person’s body, and over a life before it begins?. ‘The Surrogate project began with a desire to serve as a surrogate. During the pregnancy, the parents would have an app I made that provides 24/7 access to all my biodata, and an interface to control me. So in essence, they could have complete control over my body in which their baby is growing. The past few years of the pandemic have reshaped our bodily boundaries. We’ve swabbed and spit in tubes and traded ownership of our bodily substances in an attempt to feel safe. But these fluids hold the data of our DNA, our personal information, and our identity. I’m fascinated by the ways we’re taught to interact with data, and how this shapes the way we interact with each other. Central to my work is a critique of the simultaneous technological and social systems we’re building around ourselves. What are the rules? What happens when we introduce glitches?’

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Toilets [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:25
Toilets by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
Centipede [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:01
Centipede by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
Agritemple [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:22
Agritemple by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
Trickle down [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:46
Trickle down by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
Grief Ramp [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:16
Grief Ramp by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
Title wall [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:53
Title wall by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
Panel discussion: Living Queer Histories [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:36
Listen to our panel discussion focusing on the lineages of queer histories on the present. Featuring the research and practices of three speakers, Angela Hesson, Patrice Sharkey and Elyssia Wilson-Heti, who variously eng…
Artist Talks: Andy Butler and Nicholas Smith [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:20
Listen to our talk with artists Andy Butler and Nicholas Smith on their new works presented as part of 'Future Remains: The 2024 Macfarlane Commissions'. This podcast was recorded as part of an Artist Talk at ACCA on Sat…