My Body Is A Temple

2050+ Synthetic Cultures ©Gaia Cambiagg
Arvida Byström (Stockholm)
2050+ (Milan)
The Institute for Postnatural Studies (Madrid)

Never At Home, Funkhaus

My Body Is A Temple is an exhibition conceived at the intersection of arts and critical technology studies. Works by Arvida Byström, 2050+, and the Institute for Postnatural Studies take histories of biomedical visualization as a broad starting point to propose speculative visions of how technology shapes visual and spatial conceptions of internal bodies.

In the work of Arvida Byström, we enter the vulva of an automated sex doll, programmed to reach orgasm through data collected from human-machine intercourse. With the Institute for Postnatural Studies, we enter the stomach of a whale, whose sound has been extracted by advanced military technologies for use in spa soundscapes. With 2050+, we inhabit the stomach of a cow, whose biomes will be harvested for synthetic meat production on a global scale.

Curated by
Carmen Lael Hines
Clara Grillmaier

Produced by
Nina Zips
Vera Grillmaier

Exhibition architecture by
Adam Sherman

As part of Creative Days by Vienna Business Agency, a public program will accompany the exhibition, including a preview, a workshop by Carmen Lael Hines, and studio visits at Funkhaus (Link).

In collaboration with Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) | Free Republic of Vienna

With the generous support of
Vienna Business Agency
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
Embajada de España en Austria | AECID