Outer Woman
Project Lead
Project Partners
Duration
01 November 2020–30 April 2026
Keywords
Künstlerische Forschung , Sprachkunst, Performance, Maieutik, Ektogenese
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Outer Woman is artistic research that investigates and develops imaginaries surrounding the human reproductive complex. The project departs from the premise that ectogenesis – the fabrication of a being outside a female body – is not science fiction but an actuality. Situated between language-based art, performance and a general studies of feelings, the project works with a wide range of approaches to create fables, performative settings and conversations around family-un/making, non-fertile subjectivities and co-creation. Broadly speaking, the methods fall under the following four categories: Semi-fiction - a literary, speculative exploration of actualities as art; Maieutics - a dialogical approach of inquiry; Performative – analysis of forms through performance and role play; Feminist thought – a queer criticality aimed at challenging the distribution of gendered roles in society. The project invites midwives, evolutionary biologists, and practitioners from the medical field into the research apparatus.
Funding Category
Elise Richter PEEK
Status
Completed
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