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Probably Chelsea

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Installation view of Probably Chelsea, 2019, The Gund.

Information About the Event

On View

Buchwald-Wright Gallery, Free Admission

Artists

Heather Dewey-Hagborg

Acknowledgements

The Gund programs and exhibitions are made possible, in part, by The Gund Board of Directors and the Ohio Arts Council.

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Created by the artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg (American, b. 1982), Probably Chelsea consists of thirty different possible portraits of Chelsea Manning (American, b. 1987) algorithmically-generated by an analysis of her DNA. Genomic data can tell a multitude of different stories about who and what you are. Probably Chelsea shows just how many ways your DNA can be interpreted as data, and how subjective the act of reading DNA really is.

Suspended at a variety of human heights in the center of the gallery, Probably Chelsea evokes the form of a diverse crowd or mass movement standing with Chelsea. It is a refutation of outmoded notions of biologically inscribed identity and a testament to the commonality of all, a molecular solidarity that is clearly present even at the cellular level.

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Installation view of Probably Chelsea, 2019, The Gund.

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Installation view of Probably Chelsea, 2019, The Gund.

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Installation view of Probably Chelsea, 2019, The Gund.