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Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA, April 2002.

Express Choice, subRosa's subsidiary of the Technical Advantage Genetics Center (TAGC), demonstrated the commodification and rationalization of the flesh in the new biotechnologies. A performance targeted students who were invited to participate in the Flesh Machine through the "donation" (sale) of their gametesóeggs and sperm cells. A website and paper form were available to Calculate Net Worth on the Flesh Market. Participants scoring above a certain value received a beautiful Certificate of "Flesh Worth." Some disqualifying factors: If one was 'not a normal woman', or an artist, or not "caucasian," one's gametes were determined to be 'genetically undesirable' ó however, one could still be a "non-reproductive donor" and sell one's organs! Apparently, within this global market, biotechnologies have different effects, and place different values on different bodies in different locations. Texts were culled from actual web sites involved in the trade in human gametes, tissues, and organs. A seminar later examined issues of the biotech revolution.

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