Auto.Claved

Series by Anonymous (Harvard)

I use a rather large, highly pressurized oven called an autoclave to sterilize my tools when I work with retroviruses. I was intrigued by themelting of the plastic pipettes encased in the red biohazard bag and decided to play around with the composition of the pipettes, gloves, and bag to engage with ideas of waste and reuse, accident and agency in a very material way. I am interested in the necessity of the increasingly sterile exploration of life, in the inherent conflicts of addressing biological issues with artificial tools, and in the dynamics of performativity and gender in scientific exploration.