Plasticenta was supported by the Transmedia research institute hybrid semester, investigating
the agency of non-living entities, entanglement, new kinships with machines, such as 3D ultrasound, endoscopy,
stereolithography – with biomaterials such as hydrogel, alginate, casting with bioresin, ecodyeing –
mixing DIY medical science and storytelling in a performative lecture about futures and care, produced by
Umanesimo Artificiale and held at Palazzo Gradari, during Pesaro Capitale della Cultura 2024.
Plasticenta is the title of a scientific paper (excerpt in the voice over), which triggered the entire project, exploring post-feminist spatialities,
new materialities, gamified landscapes activated during the exhibit and the lecture performance.

Stereolithography of a 20 weeks male fetus 3D morphological ultrasound scan (donor derived digital content)

“It is like having a cyborg baby, no longer composed only of human cells, but a mixture of biological and inorganic entities.”
Dr. Antonio Ragusa, Director Department of obstetrics and gynecology, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Rome, Italy

Scientific literature conveyed during the lecture performance and casts of 32 weeks pregnant belly (thanks Ayana).

I would like to experiment further with smart textiles and wearables to compliment the custom design.
As for now, performance props and costume have been displayed with different interactive approaches,
including metabolic meditations, for the exhibition Limen at Spazio Zephiro (Castelfranco V.to).

Special thx to my mentor during the Transmedia semester, the bioartist and researcher Giulia Tomasello,
prompting to experiment with biomaterials, such as bioresins, eco dyes and biodegradable jellies,
but also with endoscopic cameras and speculum, to capture my own mucous membranes which I then
animated as a sort of diaphragm interface in the 360 video Plasticenta.

photo credits: Mia Sea, Davide Marcianesi and Filippo Rosati of Transmedia Research Institute, by Umanesimo Artificiale
360 video directed by: Sara Bonaventura
3d injection plastic mold: Bonaventura with ZeroWaste backBO
3d animation: Bonaventura with Donald Dunbar