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Gore Techs: A Review of the 59th Venice Biennale

“Gore Techs: A review of the 59th Venice Biennale, Curated by Cecilia Alemani, Venice, Italy, 23 april-27 novembre 2022” is an exhibition review by Tricia Crivellaro and Lynne Heller with a focus on reviewing digital work, mainly VR/AR pieces.

“At the end of our time at the biennale we were still asking the question: did this feel different because of the gendered orientation of the curatorial approach? One of Alemani’s initial premises of the ‘bizarre union of human, animal, and mechanical’ rang true. This feminist edition of the venerable institution was full of gore, in its myriad references to the body, animality and physicality. And the tech that is premised in the notion of the mechanical was apparent. So, the answer is yes – it reads differently.”

Published in the Journal of Virtual Creativity, see journal abstract.

Authors: Tricia Crivellaro, Lynne Heller