Posthumanismus

Der Band versammelt zwei Aufsätze von Rosi Braidotti, die sich mit einem zentralen Konzept ihrer Nomadischen Philosophie beschäftigen: der Nachhaltigkeit. Die hier entworfene Ethik beruht auf einer Subjekttheorie, die insbesondere von den Arbeiten Gilles Deleuzes und Félix Guattaris geprägt ist. So arbeitet Braidotti im ersten Essay die politische Bedeutung einer Subjektauffassung heraus, die das Subjekt als weder autonom noch selbstgenügsam begreift, sondern als relational und danach strebend, die eigenen Lebenskräfte zu bejahen - auch in scheinbar negativen Situationen wie Schmerz, Sucht oder Selbstmord. Im zweiten, stärker literaturwissenschaftlichen Essay wird diese Relationalität anhand der Beziehung zwischen Virginia Woolf und Vita Sackville-West verdeutlicht, die sich in Aspekten der professionellen Zusammenarbeit, kreativen Praxis, intellektuellen Freundschaft und lesbischen Liebe manifestierte.

A renewed examination of Jeffrey Deitch's pivotal exhibitionOriginally exhibited in 1992, Jeffrey Deitch's groundbreaking exhibition Post Human brought together the work of thirty-six young artists interested in new frontiers of body and identity transformation. The prescient exhibition, which traveled to five international venues, introduced the art world to posthumanism - how the human body continues to merge with and diverge from technology. Both the show and it catalogue, which featured a unique visual essay and innovative design, helped set the agenda for art discourse in the 1990s.More than thirty years later, Deitch revitalized Post Human at his Los Angeles gallery, bringing the themes of the original back to the present. The show's 2024 iteration presented several key figures who participated in the original exhibition in dialogue with emerging contemporary artists whose boundary-pushing work explores how these themes, particularly recent forms of technology such as AI, have evolved over the course of the twenty-first century.This timely publication revisits artworks from both iterations of the show. Readers will discover color photography of the featured works, along with Deitch's iconic visual essay from the original catalogue and text contributions from contemporary philosopher Rosi Braidotti and critic Philippa Snow. Together, they form a printed testament to the show's indelible impact and Deitch's everlasting influence on the art world.Featured artists include: Isabelle Albuquerque, Matthew Barney, Ivana Ba¿i¿, Frank Benson, Ashley Bickerton, Maurizio Cattelan, Chris Cunningham, John Currin, Alex Da Corte, Olivia Erlanger, Jana Euler, Rachel Feinstein, Urs Fischer, Pippa Garner, Robert Gober, Hugh Hayden, Damien Hirst, Tishan Hsu, Pierre Huyghe, Anne Imhof, Alex Israel, Arthur Jafa, Jamian Juliano-Villani, Mike Kelley, Josh Kline, Jeff Koons, Paul McCarthy, Sam McKinniss, Mariko Mori, Takashi Murakami, Wangechi Mutu, Cady Noland, Charles Ray, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, Hajime Sorayama, Anna Uddenberg, Cajsa von Zeipel, Jeff Wall, Jordan Wolfson, and Anicka Yi.