Biohakiranje, kiborzi i kraj čovjeka: Granice ljudskog tijela u suvremenoj umjetničkoj praksi

master's thesis

• Title (english): Biohacking, cyborgs, and the end of man: The boundaries of the human body in contemporary art
• Author: Jurica Mlinarec
• Mentor: Ana Munk (mentor)
• Mentor: Frano Dulibić (mentor)
• Committee member: Lovorka Magaš Bilandžić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Patricia Počanić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of History of Art); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-07-07, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; History of Art; History and Theory of the Fine Arts, Architecture, Urbanism and Visual Communications

Abstract

Diplomski se rad bavi istraživanjima granica ljudskog tijela kroz fenomene kiborgizacije i hibridizacije tjelesnosti u interdisciplinarnim suvremenim umjetničkim praksama nakon devedesetih godina 20. stoljeća. Teorijski okvir iščitavanja ovih praksi uvelike je informiran posthumanističkom misli autora poput Donne Haraway, Caryja Wolfea, Katherine Hayles i Rosi Braidotti, prema kojima je ljudsko tijelo otvoren sustav, u stalnoj komunikaciji sa svojom neposrednom okolinom - prirodnom ili umjetnom, a čovjek izmješten iz svoje središnje pozicije. Iako hibridni entiteti nisu pojava suvremenog društva, razvoj znanosti i tehnologije značajno je utjecao na istraživanje novih oblika tjelesnosti i granica ljudskog subjekta. Pojava kibernetskog organizma (kiborga) podrazumijeva esktenziju ljudskog tijela pomoću tehnologije, motivirano ispravljanjem zastarjelosti ljudskog tijela, amplifikacije tjelesnih iskustava ili pak stvaranjem novih oblika tehnološki posredovanih tjelesnih sposobnosti. Proširenjem shvaćanja kiborga Donne Haraway kao emancipatorske strategije, kao entiteta koji ruši ne samo dihotomiju prirode i tehnologije, već i niz drugih dualizama koji su oblikovali zapadnu tradiciju, kiborgizirana tijela pronalaze se i u umjetničkim projektima koji istražuju oblike novih tjelesnosti kao mjesta međuvrsnih susreta kao i teritorij koji je moguće transformirati zamagljujući granice između ljudskog i ne-ljudskog. Naposljetku, kao značajan pojam uzima se pitanje bestjelesnosti, odnosno generiranja novih tijela u digitalnom i virtualnom prostoru, istražujući umjetnike koji su stvarali nove subjekte u formi avatara i nove granice tjelesnosti korištenjem tehnologije poput virtualne stvarnosti (VR).

Abstract (english)

The thesis deals with the research of the boundaries of the human body through the phenomena of
cyborgization and hybridization of embodiment in interdisciplinary contemporary artistic practices
after the nineties of the 20th century. The theoretical framework for reading these practices is
largely informed by the posthumanist thoughts of authors such as Donna Haraway, Cary Wolfe,
Katherine Hayles and Rosa Braidotti, according to whom the human body is an open system, in
constant communication with its immediate environment - natural or artificial, and man is removed
from his the central position. Although hybrid entities are not a phenomenon of modern society, the
development of science and technology has significantly influenced the research of new forms of
embodiment and the limits of the human subject. The appearance of a cybernetic organism (cyborg)
implies the extension of the human body by means of technology, motivated by correcting the
obsolescence of the human body, enhancing bodily experiences, or creating new forms of
technologically mediated bodily abilities. Donna Haraway's extended understanding of the cyborg
as an emancipatory strategy, as an entity that subverts not only the dichotomy of nature and
technology, but also a number of other dualisms that have shaped the Western tradition, cyborgized
bodies are also found in artistic projects that explore forms of new corporeality as sites of
interspecies encounters as well as territory which can be transformed by blurring the lines between
human and non-human. Finally, the issue of disembodiment, i.e. generating new bodies in digital
and virtual space, is taken as a significant concept, exploring artists who created new subjects in the
form of avatars and new boundaries of corporeality by utilising technologies such as virtual reality
(VR).

• Keywords: biohakiranje; hibridizacija; kiborgizacija; suvremena umjetnost; tjelesnost; umjetnosti i tehnologija; umjetnost i znanost
• Keywords (english): biohacking; hybridization; cyborgization; contemporary art; embodiment; art and technology; art and science
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:068946
• Study programme: Title: Art History; specializations in: Research; Course: Research; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra povijesti umjetnosti (magistar/magistra povijesti umjetnosti)
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