FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 6-9:15pm

6-7pm:
Irina Aristarkhova, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies and Visual Art at Pennsylvnia State University, lectures on “The Immunological Paradox of Pregnancy and the Art of Biomedical Realism,” examining the art works of Virgil Wong and Lee Mingwei (focusing on their Male Pregnancy project) through the prism of recent biomedical research on maternal-fetal interface.

7-8pm:
Suzanne Anker, artist and Chair of the Fine Arts Department at the School of Visual Arts, New York, discusses her work with scientific iconography in the realms of genetics and neuroscience.

8-9:15pm:
A screening of the film Underexposed: Temple of the Fetus (1993-1994, 60 minutes), produced, directed, shot and edited by Kathy High. Ms. High will introduce the film.

This chilling experimental narrative/documentary, about women’s relationships to new reproductive technologies and genetic engineering, combines interviews with field “experts” and a science-fiction segment depicting stories of in-vitro fertilization, donor insemination, and surrogacy arrangements. Underexposed: The Temple Of The Fetus examines ways in which the news media shapes perceptions and social attitudes around medical topics. Script by Karen Malpede. Distributed by the Video Data Bank, Chicago, IL; Women Make Movies, New York, NY; and V-Tape, Toronto, Canada.