Katie Torn in Speculative Skins

<p>Artworks by Katie Torn from Daata Editions feature in ...</p> <p>Speculative Skins</p> <p>Curated by Rachel Steinberg and The Naughton Gallery</p> <p>Loney Abrams & Johnny Stanish, Salome Asega & Ayodamola Okunseinde, Brice Dellsperger, Nora Khan & Steven Warwick, Son Kit, Katie Skelly, Naoko Takeuchi, Amanda Turner Pohan, Katie Torn.</p> <p>Ends April 8, 2018</p> <p><a href="http://www.naughtongallery.org/Exhibitions/2018/SpeculativeSkins/" target="_blank">The Naughton Gallery, Lanyon Building, Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland</a><br><br>Where does a body end and a piece of technology begin? What does it mean to have a body as it relates to consciousness? Can we synthesise the metrics of bodily experience ? Speculative Skins explores and challenges these questions and more in an internationally-focused group exhibition which delves into the relationship between science fiction and the body. </p> <p>The exhibition presents itself as an anthropological study of both fact and fiction, drawing on contemporary narratives and technologies to hypothesise potential futures, whilst also referencing pop-culture sources including Star Wars, The X-Files, and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon to explore race, gender, and bodily identity through the lens of science fiction. Utilising a variety of media and formats including video, animation, interactive sculpture, scent, comics, books, and archives, the artists in this exhibition each flesh out a piece of their own speculative universe, proposing alternative future histories, or reframing existing ones.</p> <p><a href="https://daata-editions.com/art/web/bathroomselfie" target="_blank">Image: Katie Torn, #BathroomSelfie, 2016. Still from the series @RealSelfCindy. Courtesy the artist and Daata Editions</a></p>