FLESH MACHINE: A Genexploitation Project
by Critical Art Ensemble (Chicago/USA)
at Public Netbase t0 Media~Space! (Vienna)
21 and 22 November 1997

Friday, November 21, 1997
19:00 - 24:00 Lecture/Performance/Event and interactive
BioTech-Installation

Saturday, November 22, 1997
14:00 - 19:00 interactive BioTech-Installation

IF YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT THE FUTURE OF REPRODUCTION WILL BE, OR WHAT IS
HAPPENING NOW IN THE EXPERIMENTAL STAGES OF NEW GENETIC ENGINEERING, YOU
DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS EVENT!

In order to bring the situation of genetic engineering into sites for
public discourse, CAE has designed an event that not only reveals the
traces of Social Darwinism that are reasserting themselves within
genetics and reproductive medical centers, but also allows people to
participate in the actual lab processes.

THEORY/PERFORMANCE

The program begins on Friday 21.11. 19:00 with a theory/performance
that contextualizes the event that follows later that evening and on
Saturday 22.11.

THE CLONING PROJECT - Are your genes "fit" enough?

In the event that follows the performance, participants will be able to
take actual donor screening tests and find out if they have marketable
reproductive materials (i.e., find out if they are fit for reproduction
in pancapitalist society).

Certificates of fitness will be awarded to those who successfully pass
the test. In addition, those who have marketable DNA will have the
opportunity to donate materials for cryo-preservation, and potential
sale. Samples of "successful" DNA will be displayed for public view and
genetic profiles will be put into a DNA database.

VIRTUAL TERMINATION - Let's kill Baby?

Participants will also have the opportunity to save embryos that are
about to be evicted from their cryocontainers. Participants can decide
whether the embryos should be saved for future market possibilities, or
terminated to make room for more "fit" embryos.

LET'S MAKE BABY! - Sex Education for the Third Millenium

There will be a CD-ROM display for the children on new In Vitro
Fertilization Technology–so families are welcome.

Contacts:

Konrad Becker
Public Netbase t0
Fon: 43/01/522 18 34
Fax: 43/01/522 50 58
Email: office@t0.or.at

Marie Ringler
Public Netbase t0
Fon: 43/01/522 18 34
Fax: 43/01/522 50 58
Email: office@t0.or.at

public netbase media~space!
institute for new culture technologies/t0
museumsquartier
museumsplatz 1
a-1070 vienna, austria
fon: +43 1 522 18 34
http://www.t0.or.at
office@t0.or.at