Parallel Tummy Clinic
In a future of aging populations and commonplace artificial wombs, this work invites viewers to step in as elderly citizens imagining a time when older people can have children—while questioning how loneliness might be exploited.
Through three videos—clinic guidance with AI bias check, a drama of three visitors, and a role-play of elderly parents—it explores reproduction, family, and social norms.
It asks: How could an artificial womb, free from political and economic influence, exist? Rather than dystopia, it envisions a parallel service that challenges age, health, and gender limits. With gratitude to writer, director, actor, and theatre company Zeitaku Binbō founder Yuri Yamada, who joined from the project’s conception to lead its theatrical approach.
長谷川 愛（Ai Hasegawa）
She graduated from IAMAS, RCA, and MIT Media Lab and is currently an Associate Professor in the Multidisciplinary Design Science program at Keio University.
Her works have been exhibited internationally, including at MoMA, MoCA Shanghai, Mori Art Museum, and The XXII Triennale di Milano. Author of How to Become a Revolutionary in 20XX: Lessons in Speculative Design.
