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Joselo Ortiz Turns HPV Into Sculpture, Sequence, and Social Record
The Mexican artist and medical doctor documents a practice about viruses, bodies, transmission, intimacy, and public health across sculpture, drawing, painting, and research.
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The portfolio links individual works to the biological processes they interpret, including viral entry through microtrauma, integration, amplification, dysplasia, cancer, and shedding. Materials are specified at object level: HPV (Capsule) combines a glazed ceramic virus, glass capsule, and granite base, while Karyogram 23,XX uses trichloroacetic acid and black ink. Related material includes a Sydney Sexual Health Centre panel, podcast, interviews, and scientific references.
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