"Bionic Bodies — Exploring 'Moist Media' at the Intersection of Psychedelic States, Technology and Queer Perspectives through Print Media Practises"
Inquiry@Queen's Undergraduate Research Conference Proceedings August 28, 2025 Kelby Paquette-Anderson
This research merges wet (serigraph prints) and dry (digital editing) processes to reimagine the bionic body as a site of transformation. Drawing on Roy Ascott's syncretism, Legacy Russell's glitch theory, and McKenzie Wark's concept of hacking, it positions non-binary and queer identities as agents of disruption that remap physical and virtual forms. The resulting giclée prints embody fuzzy ambiguities and darting associations that challenge fixed binaries, reflecting a moist framework between wet and dry. The work bridges art, technology, and philosophy, proposing bodies as fluid sites of innovation and resistance that negotiate materiality and immateriality, inviting critical engagement with power systems and ancestral and queer ways of knowing.