On March 16, 2026, e-flux Screening Room presented “Viscosities,” a program of moving-image works by artist Lucy Beech, followed by a conversation between Beech, Lukas Brasiskis, and the audience. The discussion, edited for publication, explores Beech's concepts of accumulation and viscosity, drawing from Trisha Brown's 1971 performance *Accumulation* to describe how her work builds complex sequences through additive materials. Beech discusses her film *Flush*, which examines freemartin cows studied by eugenics-linked scientists, and its connection to endocrinology and IVF. She also addresses her reuse of materials, collaboration with James Richards on *A Map of the Pit*, and her film *Out of Body*, which uses imaging technologies to trace hidden industrial and biological flows, including urine-derived hormones from the Dutch program Moeders voor Moeders.
This conversation matters because it illuminates how contemporary moving-image artists engage with scientific history, bodily fluids, and invisible infrastructures to challenge Western-centric visuality and notions of control. Beech's practice exemplifies a growing trend in art that merges research on eugenics, endocrinology, and reproductive technologies with poetic, accumulative filmmaking, offering critical perspectives on how materials and knowledge circulate across species and systems. The publication of this transcript in e-flux, a key platform for art discourse, amplifies these interdisciplinary dialogues for a global art audience.