From 13-30 October IVFX was exhibited in Taiwan at the futuristic Kaohsiung Filmfestival at the Pier-2 Art Center. It became a huge success and spread on local (social) media, was shared by influencers, but most importantly: lead to many feelings and discussions, and surprised the actor with all the intimate reproduction stories that people opened up during and after breeding their cyborgs. ... – Read more.
IVF-X will show at Kunsthalle Bremen 20-25 April 2022, and is nominated for all the innovation categories: Narrative innovation, visual innovation, and technological innovation. The awards will take place 25th of April. IVF-X is an awarded continuously mutating transmedia experience inviting *couples or singles to 'breed' digitally in a posthuman clinic using A.I. & Procedural Visual Simulation to grow cyborgs. *LGTBQ+ Proof. In the future, what will it mean for humans to breed if it is not so much a biological matter but ... – Read more.
Composing modes of perceiving Through the use of 14 experiential dimensions. Masterclass at ERRANT SOUND, BERLIN 18 December 2021 By looking at fourteen modes of experience, of which ‘hearing’ is one, Victorine van Alphen will look into shaping different states of perception. By viewing each mode of experience as an instrument within a sensorial orchestra, Victorine explores how complex experiences can be composed and can significantly influence the overall experience of an exhibited art work. Three key ... – Read more.
‘The Artificial Intimacy Quiz’ invites you into the position of creator. You are confronted with radical decisions and human subtleties distilled from 'IVF-X: Posthuman parenting in hybrid reality', a futuristic cyborg clinic. Van Alphen questions our intimate relationship to the digital realm - and thus our own physicality - experientially. Through the cyborg clinic she has witnessed over 100 ‘couples' and singles eager to breed and meet their own cyborg babies, while navigating intimate reproduction desires & ... – Read more.
Breed & Meet your own cyborg baby now in this Golden Calf awarded futuristic installation. An immersive audiovisual experience speculating on the future of human reproduction. (Last chance to see IVF-X in The Netherlands:) Reserve your 20 minute time slot here. "a third space beyond the ever-present binary thinking" wrote the Netherlands film festival jury - who nominated IVF-X for a golden calf and unfolded the urgency: "IVF‑X does what good sci-fi can do. It becomes a mirror for our existing world, in this case ... – Read more.
"a third space beyond the ever-present binary thinking" A dream to read the words of the jury - who nominated me for a golden calf and unfolded the urgency: "IVF‑X does what good sci-fi can do. It becomes a mirror for our existing world, in this case addressing presuppositions and biases surrounding parenthood. The carefully considered scenography and the stages in which the story is constructed make even a sceptical audience into vulnerable participants. Story and technology are one. This is not a VR ... – Read more.