AbstractThis creative dissertation examines assisted reproductive technologies (ART), especially donor conception and in vitro fertilization (IVF), as cultural systems that organize kinship through time, space, and information. I use the phrase “clinic as media” to describe how rooms, forms, schedules, imaging outputs, consent language, databases, and measurement protocols operate as interfaces. They do not simply support treatment; they shape what can be known, felt, recorded, and acted upon. Through case studies of contemporary women artists, I analyze how reproductive infrastructures become visible through reconstruction, duration, artifact display, garment-based inscription, and speculative sculpture.[1]The dissertation is organized around three recurring conditions of assisted reproduction: waiting, measurement, and disclosure. Waiting refers to the cycles, delays, and uncertain timelines that structure treatment. Measurement refers to the numbers, thresholds, monitoring systems, and dosage regimes through which care is administered. Disclosure refers to the records, identities, omissions, and revelations that organize donor conception across clinics, registries, and consumer DNA testing.[2]The scholarly study extends into a practice-based installation that translates these systems into spatial form. Using floating frames, suspended syringe forms, ultrasound-print aesthetics, projected document fragments, and activated sound, the project stages assisted reproduction as a responsive archive. Rather than using identifiable personal clinical records, I rely on composite materials, redaction, and non-identifying document aesthetics in order to make reproductive governance visible while preserving privacy.[1]Heidi Barkun, Artefacts of a Contemporary Fertility Ritual, 2016, artist website, accessed March 2, 2026; Elina Brotherus, “Annonciation, 2009–2013,” Persons Projects, accessed March 2, 2026; Suzie Marco, “Mixed Media/Installation,” Western Gallery, Western Washington University, October 2020, accessed March 2, 2026; Xin Liu, “Cry:O,” Xin Liu Studio, accessed March 2, 2026.  [2] On donor-conception records, openness, and DNA testing, Petra Nordqvist, et al., “Relational Dynamite: Engagements with Kinship at the Interface of Donor Conception and DNA Testing,” Social Science & Medicine 382 (2025): 118354; Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority (VARTA), “Donor Conception: Towards Openness,” accessed March 2, 2026.  

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