Jen Liu’s “Electropore”: Electrifying and Encoding Biomaterial to Build Coalitionary Force
Jen Liu’s work-in-progress video Pink Slime Caesar Shift: Electropore (2021)—the newest chapter in her ongoing body of work Pink Slime Caesar Shift (PSCS)— was released in The Kitchen’s Video Viewing Room on September 30, 2021. This new work examines the connective tissues between a biologically manipulated future, fake news, media-encouraged hysteria, consumer capitalism, and the labor realities of commodity production in the global south…
Jen Liu >< Fred Ho /// “Electropore” >< “Warrior Sisters”
Featuring a work-in-progress video by artist Jen Liu, Pink Slime Caesar Shift: Electropore (2021), alongside excerpts from the video recording of the sci-fi opera from which this new work draws inspiration: Warrior Sisters: The New Adventures of African and Asian Womyn Warriors by composer and musician Fred Ho and librettist Ann T. Greene, staged at The Kitchen in 2000. Writing by Liu, archival materials related to Warrior Sisters, and reference materials for Electropore accompany the videos.