NK 603: Action for Performer & e-Maíz

Contrary
to predictions that gene technology will abolish world hunger, genetic
engineering is producing a new eugenics of manipulated species and human
cultures. While “natural selection” did not optimize plant size and shape,
genetically modified plants are far less resistant to weather factors. Their
seeds are unfertile, forcing farmers to buy new seeds each year. Their
pesticide resistance increases the use of pesticides. The manufacturer of both
seeds and pesticides is often one and the same. In Mexico this is the situation with
corn,  a culturally significant and nutritionally indispensable crop. NK 603
being the name of a GM corn seed available on the market. Violeta Luna uses
video, mythic images, and biotechnical instruments to reflect on this situation
and on the “cultivated” post-human body.

Concept, performance: Violeta Luna
Music: David Molina
Violeta Luna will also hold a two-day intensive
workshop for performance artists. (see p. 76)
Organized by: City of Women
In collaboration with: Škuc Gallery, Mihelič Gallery
(Ptuj)
With the support of: Instituto Cultural Mexicano en Austria /
Embajadade México