Mary Maggic (us)
Mary Maggic (1991), born in Los Angeles, is a non-binary Chinese-American artist who completed a master’s degree at MIT Media Lab (Design Fiction research group) and is now based in Vienna, Austria. Their work spans amateur science, public workshopology, performance, installation, documentary film and speculative fiction.
Since 2015, Maggic’s research has centred on hormone biopolitics and environmental toxicity, and on the way the ethos and methodologies of biohacking can serve to demystify invisible lines of molecular (bio)power. Their work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (USA), Science Gallery London (UK), Migros Museum of Contemporary Art (Switzerland), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Germany), Jeu de Paume (France) and Art Laboratory Berlin (Germany).