Ars Electronica Festival · 2012
Menstruation Machine - Takashi's Take
by Sputniko!
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2012
In 2012, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Menstruation Machine - Takashi's Take” by Sputniko! (Interactive Art) with a Honorary Mention. Sputniko! has 1 more work in this atlas.
It’s 2012, so why are humans still menstruating? As a female artist I had one intriguing question I wanted to solve. When the contraceptive pill first became commercially available in the 1960s, it was deliberately designed to have one pill-free, menstruating week every month.
About Sputniko!
**Sputniko! **(UK / JP). Born to an English mother and a Japanese father who are both mathematics professors, Sputniko! graduated high school early to study mathematics at Imperial College, London.
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