Treenie

Treenie is an interactive audiovisual storytelling installation which speculates the possible new intimacy between mother and children in an era when artificial womb technology is universally applied.

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Abstract

As maternal sacrifice has historically produced expectations that bind mothers and children together, what kind of shifts will happen to the bond between mother and child when full ectogenesis, artificial wombs, cyborg replication, artificial life, and male pregnancy become possible?  Treenie is an interactive installation combining fabrication, video, and speculative design to reimagine motherhood and mother-child relationships in a post-gender cybernetic future where full ectogenesis has become the dominant reproductive system. Set in 2200s, the project imagines a world where artificial wombs have replaced traditional childbirth, and reproduction is no longer biologically tied to women.  When the traditional physical bond between mother and child is replaced by an artificial womb, the emotional relationship between them may also shift. Treenie, a family-owned artificial womb system, stores intergenerational memories and invites viewers to reimagine what new forms of attachment, care, and emotional connection might emerge in an era when artificial womb technology is mature.

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