The Surrogate was exhibited in Dubai, Budapest (2024), and elsewhere, and Toronto (Seni Nusantara, 2024). As part of the Seni Nusantara exhibition catalog, it was selected by Lunar Codex for archival on the moon (mission launch Dec 2025 onwards Astrobotics Griffin)
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The female of our species is ultimately physically limited and governed by the natural monthly cycles. Not only that women are culturally controlled and bound to this- for large swathes of history been used almost like livestock to breed more children.
If we could grow a replica of our body in a lab, would we also be able to inseminate grow our offspring using these as surrogates?
Here is to imagining what a transhumanist pregnancy might be like in a fully digital world.
Women may get some freedom but it's also a nightmarish thought to lose the very human experience of motherhood, from having the connection with the baby growing inside to birthing and having the umbilical cord severed.
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Pen and ink on paper, scanned into Photoshop CS6 for digital painting.
The artwork was created in 2023.
The artwork was originally minted in foundation in 2024 before it was burned in 2025 and minted again on this manifold contract.
Seni Nusantara record at Art Facts:
https://artfacts.net/exhibition/asian-invasion:-seni-nusantara-art-from-the-archipelago/1145814