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"Can You Fuck It?" – The Fembot Phenomenon
Ningen Gallery
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Allison de Fren, Mika Kan, Elena Knox, Lin Xin
“Can you fuck it?” – The Fembot Phenomenon takes as its title one of the prevailing online comments made each time a newly developed female-appearing robot is introduced in the mainstream media. “Fine, nice work there, but can you fuck it?,” ask the anonymous legions on the internet.
In response to this response, the exhibition brings together four accomplished international women artists working in Asia, who consistently take female-appearing robots as subjects in their practice. Using humor, deconstruction, and the speculative reframing of a familiar figure, they offer an engaging and up-to-date critique of the modern phenomenon of the fembot.
Should a robot be sexy? What dictates the future of technology, and who redesigns the status quo? To properly address these questions, women’s ideas must be acknowledged among those who would otherwise present objectified feminine embodiment as a fait accompli. This is a tightly focused exhibition of women-identifying artists working across video, installation, photography, drawing, painting, and social documentary and debate. It is possibly the first time an exhibition has been themed “women make art about fembots.”
In response to this response, the exhibition brings together four accomplished international women artists working in Asia, who consistently take female-appearing robots as subjects in their practice. Using humor, deconstruction, and the speculative reframing of a familiar figure, they offer an engaging and up-to-date critique of the modern phenomenon of the fembot.
Should a robot be sexy? What dictates the future of technology, and who redesigns the status quo? To properly address these questions, women’s ideas must be acknowledged among those who would otherwise present objectified feminine embodiment as a fait accompli. This is a tightly focused exhibition of women-identifying artists working across video, installation, photography, drawing, painting, and social documentary and debate. It is possibly the first time an exhibition has been themed “women make art about fembots.”
Schedule | Jul 10 (Sun) 2022-Aug 5 (Fri) 2022 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Jul 9 (Sat) 2022 17:00 - 19:00 | ||||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Venue | Ningen Gallery https://nngn.jp/  | ||||||
| Location | 4F Kai-Bldg., 1-13-11, Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0021 | ||||||
| Access | 2 minute walk from the Main exit of Seibu-shinjuku Station on the Seibu Shinjuku line, 5 minute walk from the East exit of JR Shinjuku line. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-6265-9700 | ||||||
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