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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Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

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Thao Phan Performance lecture: Listening to Misrecognition [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:18
What is the sound of racialisation? How might we listen to misrecognition? What does machine error tell us about the precision of racism? And how can the tools of a racist system be used to transcribe new forms of resist…
Zach Blas Performance Lecture [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:29
Listen to the performance lecture 'Expositio, Iudicium, Lacrimae, or, Does an AI God Have an Ass?' by exhibiting artist Zach Blas exploring the idea of religious-un/conscious thriving in today’s tech industry. Charting h…
Mimi Ọnụọha Performance Lecture [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:20
Through a series of media and artworks, Mimi Ọnụọha’s performance lecture explores absence, knowledge, and how what is missing is still there.
Laura Raicovich: Undoing and Redoing [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:17
Listen to writer and curator Laura Raicovich discuss the artworks and methodologies that inform Mithu Sen’s exhibition 'mOTHERTONGUE' in relation to Raicovich’s own practice which calls for institutional change to improv…
Mithu Sen in conversation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:16:31
Listen to artist Mithu Sen in conversation with Max Delany, ACCA’s Artistic Director & CEO, alongside special guests Irina Aristarkhova, Professor at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Digital Studies Institu…
Paul Yore In Conversation With Nick Henderson [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:54
Listen to the in conversation with artist Paul Yore and Nick Henderson, volunteer committee member at the Australian Queer Archives, and Curator at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. They will be discussin…
WRITING & CONCEPTS Lecture with Mykaela Saunders [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:42
Listen to the lecture by editor Mykaela Saunders speaking on the critically acclaimed anthology 'THIS ALL COME BACK NOW'. 'THIS ALL COME BACK NOW' is the world’s first anthology of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander s…
Artist Talks: Gian Manik, Jason Phu and Jahnne Pasco-White [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:53
Listen to our Artist Talks with Gian Manik, Jason Phu and Jahnne Pasco-White. This Artist Talk was recorded in association with the exhibition ' Like a Wheel That Turns: The 2022 Macfarlane Commissions', now showing at t…