Neonatal Unit

Commissioned by Theater Neumarkt and Goethe-Institut / Performing Architecture at Venice Architecture Biennale 2021 for 100 Ways to Say We.

A lost video signal transmitted to the past from the future of remilitarised Indonesia archipelago when demographic dividend reached its peak. Narrated by one of the members of the Operation of Sovereignty for Gestational and Surrogate Mothers, the video dissects the dynamic of natalism, nationalism, agency, and reproductive technology as well as questioning the meaning of kita (‘we’ in Indonesian).

Full film available worldwide at 100 Ways to Say We: An Archive of the Future.

Duration 11'40"

Film stills