{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/633aa4bff131c60012c78ea6/65b6e38d912de900174d431a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Agnes Questionmark: Sea Creatures, Motherhood & Transgenesis","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/633aa4bff131c60012c78ea6/1706484873394-4b4fbdbe62104e0419e5f36e5ebf0e1e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>🐙 Episode 8 🐙 is with Agnes Questionmark, an Italian artist based in New York, who identifies as trans-species. Artistically she is known for her use of marine-like sculptures and bodies of water. We talk about her transspecies endeavours, ideas for future projects, her personal experience of being a transwoman, her desire to become a mother and much more.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>(00:39)</strong>: Introduction to Agnes Questionmark</p><p><strong>(02:20)</strong>: Being an International Artist; Motherhood; transformation &amp; transitioning; artificial wombs; failed scientific experiments.</p><p><strong>(15:02)</strong>: Octopi; mermaids; working with Anthromorph; being the experiment of your own work; the ‘human’ as outdated; changing the body; moving beyond nature.</p><p><strong>(29:14):</strong> Neil Harbison; cyborgs and trans-species relationships; a NEED to transform; echolocation helmet; Project Ceti; communicating with Whales.</p><p><strong>(37:05):</strong> Working fashion; modelling for Gucci and Valentino; dealing with transphobia; ‘we need more women with a D’; TERFS;&nbsp;</p><p><strong>(50:45):</strong> Agnes WhatsApp voice note and podcast outro.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links:</strong>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/agnesquestionmark/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Agnes Questionmark on Instagram</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.dukeupress.edu/staying-with-the-trouble\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene</a> by Donna Haraway</li><li><a href=\"https://www.e-flux.com/journal/75/67125/tentacular-thinking-anthropocene-capitalocene-chthulucene/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Tentacular Thinking: Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Chthulucene’</a>, which is a chapter inside ‘Staying with the Trouble’ by Donna Haraway</li><li><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/25/drexciya-how-afrofuturism-inspired-calls-for-an-ocean-memorial-to-slavery#:~:text=The%20Drexciyans%20trace%20their%20lineage,rise%20to%20a%20subaqueous%20empire\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Drexciya the colonial mermaid story&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.neroeditions.com/humans-are-due-to-expire-soon/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Agnes’s essay ‘Humans are due to Expire Soon’</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Humankind-Solidarity-Non-Human-Timothy-Morton/dp/1786631326\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Humankind: Solidarity with Non-Human People</a> by<strong> </strong>Timothy Morton&nbsp;</li><li>‘I Listen to Color’, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygRNoieAnzI\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TED talk with Neil Harbisson&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.cyborgarts.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cyborg Arts, Neil Harbisson Website</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/neilharbisson/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Harbisson on Instagram</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.projectceti.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Project Ceti Website</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/projectceti/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Project Ceti on Instagram</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.reeditionmagazine.com/fashion/valentino-garavani-tan-go\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Agnes Questionmark for Valentino</a></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Bodies in the Post Social Media:</strong></p><p>All links found here:<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbG9FTTBtYTNiOGdSQTRBUEFfamtNSnZoUVpBQXxBQ3Jtc0ttcnRrZlpGcmN6SmZ5WFJtX1ZUV21Nc2dTd2dveHJHa3pOMTI4b0E5Mjlsb1Y1Y0tlanIza1UxUEJ4NGZHOWZnRVRJM1l3Q1Z5cDI0LVRGMHFtVTR6cHlrc2o3bVFDVGl3UTRtZGxkOXZFal9MQVVuWQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2Fbodiesinthepost&amp;v=hKm5dtF63mY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> https://linktr.ee/bodiesinthepost</a></p>","author_name":"Lydia Kaye"}