Organ of Radical Care: Una Matriz Colaborativa is a collaborative project between UK artist Charlotte Jarvis, and Dr. Patricia Saragüeta, an Argentinian scientist and poet. They are using new science to grow a collaborative uterus from menstrual blood of multiple women, trans, and non-binary people. Furthermore, the project seeks to incorporate ‘male’ cells into the collective womb. If the team is successful, it will be a world-first.

The project is exhibited through sculpture, poetry, and video/audio installation. Jarvis has designed a chalice in which the collaborative uterus is grown and exhibited. The interior of this object – both sculpture and scientific apparatus – is warm, nurturing, and spongy, keeping the collective colony of endometrial cells alive for display. Alongside working in her lab to develop the collective womb, Saragüeta has written a new poetic work that explores the idea of a collective uterus, decidua, and endometrial cells. The poem is incorporated into a performance and piece of sound art. For the installation, Charlotte Jarvis has produced a multi-channel film piece exploring the themes of the project and documenting the lab experimentation.

The project aims to be what Donna Haraway describes as split and contradictory; to generate rational conversations and fantastic imaginings that change history.