BIBLIOTECA MÁRIO DE ANDRADE
November 11 to 19

#family #tech #performative #formative #imersive #MixXR

“IVF-X” is an awarded continuously mutating transmedia experience inviting couples or singles – LGBTQIA+ or not – to “breed” digitally in a posthuman clinic using A.I. & Procedural Visual Simulation to grow cyborgs.

In the future, what will it mean for humans to breed if it is not so much a biological matter but an offspring of choice & technology? Speculating on the future of reproduction, philosopher and artist Victorine van Alphen developed a hybrid reality where you can breed and meet your own personalized cyborg baby: a creature existing on the verge of humanity and technology, digitally grown for you based on your choices. But… you will meet your cyborg only after an intimate retro-futuristic intake guided by performers. The intake merges immersive theatre, roleplay, experimental film, provocative interfaces and a “digital womb”.

Credits

Accomplishment: Victorine van Alphen
Country: The Netherlands
Year: 2021