Gebärmaschinen (womb machines) is a little disquisition about humanity in times of technology frenzy, a light and easy manifesto for a life lived wild and free, a love story invented during the lockdown that came down on us in spring 2020.

Protagonist Phoebe, torn up between the many different identities a woman can adopt nowadays, asks questions about humanity's relationship to nature. She'd always thought technology would liberate us from the burden of pregnancy, but now that the world has arrived at the edge of transhumanity, she finds herself looking at what we are about to lose in the game. A true romanticist, she has a soft spot for Rimbaud's faun and a sheep named Shrek which would refuse to be sheared, as well as for a chaotic flock of australian breakaway sheep. In the meantime, her companion Michael celebrates the story of Dolly the cloned sheep whose creator Sir Ian Wilmut was so proud of that it ended up padded in a museum. The old story of male domination is told in a two minutes reportage. Eventually, male and female gaze transcend into a total artwork, while individualism dissolves into a multitude of mask wearing hybrid animals.

Gebärmaschinen, Full HD Video, 13:18 min

Photo credit: Michael de Sastro