The Cyborg Genesis

The Cyborg Genesis is a speculative work about the future of human reproduction. I have sought inspiration from Shulamith Firestone’s 1970 feminist manifesto, which encouraged women to take seizure of the control of human fertility, distinguishing between sex and reproduction.

Through this work composed of a piece of videoart and the object showed in the video –a wearable machine capable of monitoring a posthuman uterus- the possibility of creating external and portable uterus is posed. This, along with other medical advances, such as sexual cells procurement out of other body cells, would allow that human reproduction not be dependent on our biology or sexual orientation

Exhibited at:
Un Relato Polifónico. Sala 2. CCAI. Gijón. Spain. Curated by Semíramis González. 2021
Womarts. CMAE. Fundación Municipal de Cultura. Avilés. Spain. 2021
XXXV Muestra de Arte Joven en La Rioja. 2020
VII Premio Marcel de Artes Visuales. 2019. CCCC. Valencia. Spain 2019
(In)Visibles. Auditorio de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela. Spain. 2019
Women, (be)coming. UGM Maribor. Slovenia. 2019

The work was realised within the framework of the European Project Wom@rts at Factoría Cultural de Avilés, with support of the Creative Europe Culture Programme of the European Union.

María Castellanos

María Castellanos, through her artistic practice, explores the sensory limits of human experience and develops systems that foster dialogue between diverse forms of life. Her work, deeply connected to the relationships between living beings and their environment, encourages reflection on our interactions through a critical lens that blends ecological awareness with feminist perspectives, challenging traditional boundaries between the human and the non-human.

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