Surrogate is a body of Lauren Lee McCarthy’s work centered around issues of reproductive technology and bodily autonomy.

Beginning with the proposal to become a surrogate, McCarthy offers her body to carry someone else’s baby while they use an app to monitor and control her for nine months.

To close Gray Area Festival, McCarthy will present the interactive live performance from this body of work. In her one woman show, McCarthy takes the audience through the journey of becoming a remote-controlled surrogate.