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Lauren McCarthy


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LAUREN works
  1. LAUREN
  2. SOMEONE
  3. LAUREN Portable
  4. Anyone Home?
  5. Exhibition: What can I do for you?
  6. Exhibition: You Can Say
  7. The Changing Room
  8. Waking Agents
  9. I.A. Suzie

Saliva works
  1. Exhibition: Bodily Autonomy (Saliva Bar)
  2. Saliva Retreat
  3. Saliva
  4. Are You the Perfect Specimen?
  5. Testing

Surrogate works
  1. Surrogate
  2. Exhibition: Home Birth
  3. Exhibition: Passage
  4. Surrogate Performance
  5. Womb Walk
  6. Training Set

Autonomous works
  1. AUTO
  2. AUTO TUNE
  3. Voice In My Head
  4. HOST
  5. Unlearning Language
  6. Seeing Voices

Muted works
  1. Exhibition: I Heard Talking Is Dangerous
  2. Muted
  3. I heard TALKING IS DANGEROUS
  4. Good Night
  5. Good Morning
  6. What do you want me to say?
  7. Sleepover
  8. Later Date
  9. Appreciate You

🔒 Archive
  1. p5.js
  2. Open Source Software Toolkits for the Arts Report
  3. Web We Want (W3C TPAC)
  4. Follower
  5. Social Turkers
  6. Vibe Check
  7. I’m glad you asked
  8. Autoreply
  9. pplkpr
  10. us+
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Are You the Perfect Specimen?

Lauren Lee McCarthy & Casey Reas

Displayed as signage on the external facade of the Saliva Bar, Are you the perfect specimen? imagines a “tongue‑texting” interface. Asking Whose saliva would you like to own? passersby are challenged to consider notions of surveillance, consent, and the idealized human form.






Gabriel Noguez, Cinematography

Wylie Kasai, Production Assistance
Antonio Noguez, Production Assistance
Henry Barbera, Research Assistance

Special thanks Ceci Moss

Mandeville Art Gallery, UC San Diego
March 2 – May 25, 2024