Bio
Virginie Sommet is an artist from Normandy, France. She has been active in the New York City art scene for the past 16 years. She is a conceptual artist with strong Pop underpinning. Her focus has been on creating sculptures, installations/collages from familiar objects in our culture that reflect a wide range of uncertainties regarding social issues. Sommet is driven to visually tackle challenging topics that examine societal constraints. The attention is on matters that separate individuals related to gender and various urban subculture issues. She is vigilant and dedicated in spreading awareness of this topic to mainstream viewers.
Virginie completed her BFA and MFA in Conceptual Art at University Paris VIII in 1997. This school is rooted in activism, and was also where Michel Foucault taught and headed the Philosophy Department. In 1998, this artist left Paris and moved to New York, where she primarily exhibits her work to this day.
Virginie completed her BFA and MFA in Conceptual Art at University Paris VIII in 1997. This school is rooted in activism, and was also where Michel Foucault taught and headed the Philosophy Department. In 1998, this artist left Paris and moved to New York, where she primarily exhibits her work to this day.
Title
“Ectogenesis"
Abstract
“The science historian William Newman has shown that the idea of producing an artificial human being goes back at least as far as the early Middle Ages, and perhaps as far as back as late antiquity, and that the basis for the concept originates with Aristotle.” Kevin Lagrandeur.
In 2002, Dr Hung-Ching Liu and Her team at the Cornell University Center for reproductive Medecine and Infertility Engineered a Successful Artificial Womb. Dr Liu’s experiments were halted after 6 days, to stay within the permitted legal limits of the vitro fertilization (IVF) legislation in the United States.
I would like to talk about the consequences and changes that many writers, sociologists, economists and philosophers express about Ectogenesis. Also, as a women and an artist I will share my thoughts and opinion regarding the future implications of Ectogenesis in our society. Ideally, I will also create an installation, write a text or do a performance centered around the artificial uterus.
In 2002, Dr Hung-Ching Liu and Her team at the Cornell University Center for reproductive Medecine and Infertility Engineered a Successful Artificial Womb. Dr Liu’s experiments were halted after 6 days, to stay within the permitted legal limits of the vitro fertilization (IVF) legislation in the United States.
I would like to talk about the consequences and changes that many writers, sociologists, economists and philosophers express about Ectogenesis. Also, as a women and an artist I will share my thoughts and opinion regarding the future implications of Ectogenesis in our society. Ideally, I will also create an installation, write a text or do a performance centered around the artificial uterus.
