They opened the dilemma: Whose can thought and knowledge be and what limits do we encounter when we stay within the framework of only one or the other?
It seems that a view that transcends scientific and artistic practices is relevant for understanding animal-human-machine relations and the role of human formation, as it expands the space of their possible articulations. In everyday life, we are perhaps surrounded by machines and apparatuses more than by other living beings. And while the latter can be endlessly invented and improved, our bodies remain the same.
The ideas of transhumanism, which say that human beings can be perfected by technical and scientific means beyond the limitations imposed by their animal origins, embody this view and point to groundbreaking changes. Man is no longer defined (only) in relation to animals, but more and more in relation to machines and their almost limitless capacities.
This art-science experiment attempted to think and articulate these relocations and changes both through the spoken word, which is one of the usual manifestations of scientific knowledge, and by highlighting the physical presence of speech as voice and movement in space, which are characteristic of artistic practice.
The event was a collaboration between the Educational Research Institute and the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television of the University of Ljubljana, as part of the European Researchers’ Night – Humanities Rock! project.
Performers:
Igor Bijuklič, Educational Research Institute
Mojca Kumerdej, writer and publicist
Damijan Štefanc, Faculty of Arts, UL
Primož Turk, Faculty of Humanities, UP
Valerija Vendramin, Educational Research Institute
Students of the 1st cycle of AGRFT:
Julija Urban
Katka Franja Slosa
Anina Božiček
Urban Brenčič
Neža Dvorščak
Aleksandar Jovanovski
Nace Korošec
Nejc Kravos
Peter Podgoršek
Jakob Podjavoršek
Marko Rafolt
Jure Šimonka
Filip Žunić
Recording, editing and insertion of subtitles by Rok Nagode
Technical management, lighting design, microphone preparation and audio management of the event: Domen Lušin
Event design
Pedagogical Institute:
Sabina Autor
Igor Bijuklič
Valerija Vendramin
Janja Žmavc
Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television of the University of Ljubljana:
Tomaž Gubenšek
Nina Žavbi
Photo: Tomaž Gubenšek, PhD, Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television of the University
You can watch the video of the performance here.
