Ex Utero

Cristin Millett; Cynthia White; Ionat Zurr

Ex Utero

Cristin Millett (Artist), Cynthia White (Artist), Ionat Zurr (Artist)

Discipline of Fine Arts

Research output: Non-traditional research output › Exhibition › peer-review

Abstract

Ex-Utero is a project that explores how technology can enhance human reproduction and ectogenesis. Using scientific processes for tissue engineering—including biospecimen fixation, MRI, perfusion, and corrosion casting—she has developed an incubator as a surrogate uterus that even replicates the microorganisms present in the human placenta in order to carry out research on artificial environments for gestation ex vivo that transcends art and science. British science fiction novelist Aldous Huxley's Brave New World depicts a dystopian world in which babies are conditioned for social class, but Zurr's work contemplates the possibility of freeing humans from the risk of death inherent in reproduction through the "externalization of pregnancy" made possible by science and technology, as well as the dangers of designed reproduction, highlighting the ethical and philosophical issues.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Tokyo Japan
Publisher	GYRE Gallery
Size	Varied
Publication status	Published - Feb 2025

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