In conjunction with Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births, MAD presents a virtual conversation between Corinne May Botz and Ani Liu, two artists whose work is currently on view as part of the exhibition.   Moderated by the exhibition's co-curator, Elizabeth Koehn, the program considers the acts of labor that go into both artmaking and motherhood: addressing topics such as representation, identity, care work, and community. During the hour-long program, attendees will hear from Ani and Corinne about their respective artistic practices, including their works on display at MAD, and reflections from both artists on their experience participating in the Designing Motherhood exhibition as it has traveled the country and beyond. Time will be held at the end of the program for audience questions and comments, when we invite attendees to share their own experiences and reflections on the topics discussed.

The webinar link will be shared 2 days prior to the event via email.

About the artists 

Corinne May Botz is a photographic artist, filmmaker, writer, and educator. A sustained focus on space, objects, gender, and the body, particularly in relation to women’s experiences, is central to her practice. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally, including at the Brooklyn Museum, MoCP Chicago, Benrubi Gallery, Alice Austen House Museum, Wellcome Collection, Kunstmuseum Basel, De Appel, and Turner Contemporary. Her published books combining photography and writing include Milk Factory (Saint Lucy Books, 2025), The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death (Phaidon/Monacelli Press, 2004) and Haunted Houses (Phaidon/Monacelli Press, 2010). Her work has been written about in many publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Granta, Bookforum, The Paris Review, and Hyperallergic.She is the recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Jerome Foundation grants. Botz is on the faculty of International Center of Photography and John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY).

Ani Liu is an internationally exhibiting, research-based artist working at the intersection of art and science. Ani’s work examines gender politics, labor, reproduction, simulation and sexuality. Integrating emerging technologies with cultural reflection and social change, Ani’s most recent work examines the biopolitics of care work and motherhood. Ani's work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Ars Electronica, Kunstmuseum, the Queens Museum, and MIT Museum. Ani’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Art in America, National Geographic, VICE, Mashable, Gizmodo, TED, PBS, Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, and WIRED. She is currently an Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.