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Male Pregnancy is one of popular plots setting in female fanfic culture and females enjoy seeing their appreciating male characters suffering from pregnancy and becoming vulnerable. This is the embodiment of fanfic community females gazing at males and showing what these females want to see in this process. The project explores why and what females enjoy when they see Male Pregnancy, and try to create a space where the power dynamic between genders is inverted, and gives females the agency to look, feminizing and objectify the male body.
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New Assisted Reproductive Technology
Installation created for the :iidrr Gallery
Curated by Shuang Cai
Exhibition
2024
New ART transformed a new media showing space in LES New York – :iidrr Gallery– into a warm and bubbly reproductive clinic. The space includes examination rooms, waiting areas, consultation desks, and even check-in forms, each carefully crafted to mirror the real yet infused with the speculative. This setting does not just serve as a backdrop but is an active participant in the narrative, guiding visitors through a journey that blurs the lines between current medical realities and speculative futures. Moreover, the elongated gallery space, with its two mirroring walls, creates a unique opportunity for presenting Human Parthenogenesis alongside Male Pregnancy, further challenging traditional biological and gender divisions. While two women can have a bi-maternal baby through Human Parthenogenesis technology, reproduction could potentially move away from men, and reproductive rights would be entirely returned to women. Meanwhile, with Male Pregnancy technology, men could also become part of the reproductive labor process.
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