Table 1 Description of the exhibits in Reprodutopia.
Exhibit name | Description |
|---|---|
I wanna deliver a dolphin | Video-installation showing a video of 2.40 min of a woman giving birth to a dolphin. This exhibit raises questions about overpopulation, endangered species and responsibility for life. |
Lab romanticism | Round wooden frame ø 30 cm, filled with marbles, five glass bowls and two marbles. The exhibit represents a ritual for parents conceiving through IVF. This exhibit raises questions on what intimacy might look like when conceiving a child through reproductive technologies. |
Mono Parenting Kit | White cardboard box of 20 × 30 × 10 cm with the in vitro fertilization of a cell and instructions on how to Do-It-Yourself. The graphic design gave it the appearance of a contemporary technology company packaging. This exhibit raises questions on genome engineering, and new forms of genetic parenthood such as mono-, or poly-parenthood. |
Virgin Parent Ring | An engraved ring in a jewellery box covered by a glass bell-jar. The exhibit suggests that combining the reproductive technologies IVF and the artificial womb could give rise to ’virgin parents’. The exhibit raises questions about the role of rituals, culture and religion in the development of reproductive technologies. |
Reunion Network | A table with three mobile phones displaying the mobile app ’Reunion Network’. Visitors were able to design a pedigree of valuable personal relationships. The exhibit raises questions about kinship, what it means to be family and whether being human is a requirement. |
Youterus | Wearable mobile womb prototype made of a hard-plastic sphere and Velcro ties to be attached around the waist. The exhibit raises questions about bonding between mother and child, femininity and fatherhood. |
Artifical Womb | Five red balloon-like spheres arranged above a pink ground plate of 2.5 × 2 m. Attached tubes and cylinders give the exhibit a clinical appearance. The exhibit raises questions about human–technology relations, pregnancy and parenthood. |
Pig Womb | Wooden children’s puzzle of a pig carrying a human baby. The exhibit raises questions about human–animal relations, xenotransplantation and surrogacy. |
