ORLAN

ORLAN is a renowned French artist who is not tied to any single material, technology, or artistic practice. She creates sculptures, photographs, performances, videos, and video games, and uses AR, AI, and robotics, deploying biogenetic and medical techniques involving surgery. For ORLAN, these are only media and it is the idea that prevails while materiality pursues. ORLAN makes her own body the medium, the raw material, and the visual support of her work, which takes place as “public debate”. She is a major figure in the history of body art, defining the terms of Carnal Art in her 1989 manifesto. ORLAN is constantly altering data in order to disrupt conventions and “ready-made” thinking. She is opposed to natural, social, and political determinism, as well as all forms of domination, male supremacy, religion, cultural segregation, and racism. ORLAN is a winner of the E-reputation award, designating the most observed and followed artist on the internet.

From WHEN OONA MET ORLAN, November 2023