curated by danniel tostes and lari medawar
Zabriske
Rdpt de Plainpalais, Geneva
Based on research into the creation of an archive and memory of the creature conceived by Dr. Victor Frankenstein, notably a being that has not been properly named beyond the adjectives "monster", "demon", "creature", artists Jonas Van and Juno B use visionary fiction, tarot, ex votos and excerpts from Shelley's work and James Whale's horror film "Frankenstein" (1931) to propose a poetic atmosphere in an exhibition format where a series of elements are imagined as magical objects for a conjuration of desired bodies, with monstrosity as premise, whether through scars on the skin from plastic surgery or metal human organs as ex voto devices.
The exhibition underlines the importance of materiality and monstrous poetics in the construction of trans bodies, offering another perspective on the Frankenstein story at as a powerful metaphor for the importance of desire for a body and a community.