Upgrade! Boston: Caitlin Berrigan :: December 7, 2010; 7:00 - 9:00 pm :: MIT Media Lab (E14), 6th Floor, Room 633, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts (map).

Caitlin Berrigan is an artist who works at the intersection of performance, edible sculpture, participatory actions and the life sciences to initiate dialogue about biopolitics and culture. Tactics of delicate provocation spark dissonance in the audience’s visceral and cognitive experience of her work, favoring multivalent readings and responses. In producing anxiety and revealing layers of ambiguous emotions, her artwork opens a space of potential to confront uncertainty within the context of social issues.

Berrigan holds a Master’s in visual art from MIT and a B.A. in art history and production from Hampshire College. She was an Agnes Gund fellow at Skowhegan and artist in residence at PROGRAM in Berlin. Her work has shown at the Whitney Museum, Storefront for Art & Architecture, Gallery 400 (Chicago), 0047 (Oslo), and hallways, mouths, superfund sites… More >>

Upgrade! Boston is curated by Jo-Anne Green for Turbulence.org. It is one of 34 nodes currently active in Upgrade! International, an emerging network of autonomous nodes united by art, technology, and a commitment to bridging cultural divides. If you would like to present your work or get involved, please email jo at turbulence dot org.