Johanna Bruckner

Body Obfuscations consists of various latex elements embedded with cables, reminiscent of
human tissue that has been processed and reprogrammed through technological means. By
using organic material produced in a laboratory, the artist explores the ways in which
technology can alter the human body. The installation thus represents a body extended in
space, which takes on an almost monstrous form through the multiple interventions and
artificial manipulations. Installation, latex, metal, conducting wires, latex pigment, dimensions
variable.

Inspired by molecular biology, quantum physics, and studies on hybrid life forms, Bruckner is interested in social relations that go beyond the human category. Body Obfuscations consists of latex elements with cables running through them. The use of organic material produced in the laboratory points to the body-modifying potential of technologies. The installation is accompanied by the video work Atmospheric Drafts of Intimacy (2020), which speculates about new life forms based on molecules that have escaped into space.