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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Six Walks Ep 4: Idil Ali on the Carlton Housing Estate [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:08
This episode featuring Idil Ali is part of Six Walks an audio walking tour series commissioned by ACCA – Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Find bio, access notes, images and further information here: https://acca.m…
Six Walks Ep 5: Timmah Ball on exploding the Maribyrnong [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:01
This episode featuring Timmah Ball is part of Six Walks an audio walking tour series commissioned by ACCA – Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Find bio, access notes, images and further information here: https://acc…
Six Walks Ep 6: Christos Tsiolkas on silver screens [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:43
This episode featuring Christos Tsiolkas is part of Six Walks an audio walking tour series commissioned by ACCA – Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Find bio, access notes, images and further information here: https…
Defining Moments: Founding of Gallery 4A with Dr Mikala Tai [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:07
DEFINING MOMENTS LECTURE SERIES: Founding of Gallery 4A and the inaugural exhibition in 1997 with Dr Mikala Tai ABOUT THIS LECTURE: In this lecture, Dr Mikala Tai discusses the founding of Gallery 4A in Sydney and its in…
Defining Moments: 'Don’t Leave Me This Way: Art in the Age of AIDS' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:55
DEFINING MOMENTS LECTURE SERIES CONTINUES: Listen to Dr Ted Gott discussing the landmark 1994 exhibition ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way: Art in the Age of AIDS’ at the National Gallery of Australia, which presented over 200 wo…
ACCA Book Club with Ellen van Neerven [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:57
In our final ACCA Book Club, Ellen van Neerven discusses 'Throat', their newly published poetry collection, which explores love, language and land, and shines a light on Australia’s unreconciled past and precarious prese…