Opening: 29 September, 2017 8PM
Artist Talk with Heather Barnett and Saša Spačal: 30 September 2017 3pm
Exhibition runs: 30 September - 26 November, 2017
The interdisciplinary event series “Nonhuman Agents” takes into account recent philosophical approaches which question anthropocentrism. These discourses emphasize non-human perspectives through object-oriented ontology (Harman and Meillasoux); discuss nonhuman / human encounters (Haraway); postulate a 'posthumanism' (Braidotti); and examine various posthuman performative strategies such as intra-acting (Barad). A new 'de-centering' lets us draw our attention to a reality that can no longer be described in purely anthropocentric parameters.
The presentation takes place in cooperation with the Berlin Network of Independent Project Spaces and Initiatives and the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe.
Upcoming workshops:
2-day-Workshop
Heather Barnett + plan b (Sophia New & Daniel Belasco Rogers) | Swarm | Cell | City
23 & 24 September, 2017 | 1-5PM
20€/15€ for both days (registration necessary)
This 2-day workshop is a participatory experiment on art, performance and biology that precedes the exhibition Nonhuman Networks. The project invites the participants to view the city of Berlin by the nonhuman perspectives of the intelligent single-cell organism Physarum polycephalum and GPS tracking.
Lecture
Sarah Hermanutz | ill-at-ease seep
28 October 2017
Upcoming exhibition and conference:
Group exhibition: “Nonhuman Networks”
Heather Barnett| Saša Spačal with Mirjan Švagelj & Anil Podgornik
Opening: 29 September, 2017, 8 pm | Exhibition runs: 30 September - 26 November, 2017
Artist Talk with Heather Barnett and Saša Spačal: 20 September, 3 pm
Interdisciplinary Conference: “Nonhuman Agents in Art, Culture and Theory”
24 - 26 November, 2017
Finally, an interdisciplinary conference will bring together international artists, scholars, and natural scientists from different disciplines to discuss artistic, philosophical, ethical and scientific approaches to nonhuman agents. The previous positions from the “Nonhuman Subjectivities”-series will also be taken into account.
