MOLECULAR QUEERING AGENCY

26.3.2021
not public / mary's home
a workshop with Mary Maggic, artist in residency on Life on the Planet Orismanirana.
Workshop description:
How do bodies queer at the molecular level? How is this queering inextricably tied to industrial capitalism? And is there a way out of capitalist ruins, one that has been further exacerbated by the pandemic? Combining body and gender politics and environmental toxicity, this workshop centers on the concept of “open source estrogen,” the underlying premise that hormonal molecules are ubiquitously all around us, and available for us to hack, mutate, and become-with. Through this process of socio-political excavation, we can begin to "emancipate the hormone molecule,” unboxing its molecular mystique. The 2-hour workshop will begin with a talk on hormonal histories and fictions and finish with a hands-on urine hormone extraction protocol. The materials list can be found here for those who wish to follow along<3 http://wlu18www30.webland.ch/wiki/Open_Source_Estrogen#Urine_Hormone_Extraction_Action Mary Maggic is a non-binary artist working within the fuzzy intersections of transfeminist hacking, body/gender politics, and eco-alienations. Maggic's most recent projects Open Source Estrogen generate DIY protocols for the extraction and detection of hormones from bodies and environments, demonstrating their micro-performativity and potential for increased body autonomy. They hold a MS in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT Media Lab, and have exhibited internationally including Philadelphia Museum of Art (US), Science Gallery London (UK), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (DE), Jeu de Paume (FR), and Institute of Contemporary Arts London (UK). Maggic is a recipient of the Prix Ars Electronica Honorary Mention in Hybrid Arts (2017) and a 10-month Fulbright research award in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2019).