Date: Lecture, Thursday, 24 November 2016, 6pm
Location: Hörsaal, Karl-Haußknecht-Straße 7, 99423 Weimar

In the current age of posthumanism we can encounter a rising interest for nonhuman agents from the side of artists internationally. The lecture will present various artistic projects and theoretical research, based on Art Laboratory Berlin’s ongoing series “Nonhuman Subjectivities”. We will present different artistic strategies to discuss the manifold thematic and aesthetic approaches to the phenomenon of object-oriented perception. Be it narrative strategies, aesthetic strategies of immersion, bridging medical historical phenomena with gender issues, or combining scientific laboratory and art practices – it is challenging to explore a variety of approaches towards the nonhuman. Next to artistic positions we will also reflect theoretical ones (Rosi Braidotti; John Grey) to better understand the phenomenon of the posthuman era.

Regine Rapp is an art historian and curator, with specific research in 20th and 21st century art – installation art, artist books and art & science collaborations. She worked as Assistant Professor for Art History at the Burg Giebichenstein Art Academy Halle until 2013. She is co-director of Art Laboratory Berlin (co-founded in 2006) and has curated over 40 shows (e.g. Time and Technology), published several books and developed several international conferences: Sol LeWitt_Symposium (2011), Synaesthesia. Discussing a phenomenon in the arts, humanities and (neuro-)science (2013). Her new publication [macro]biologies & [micro]biologies. Art and the Biological Sublime in the 21st Century (2015) reflects theoretically on 2013-15.

Christian de Lutz is a visual artist and curator, originally from New York. Co-founder and co-director of Art Laboratory Berlin (ALB), he has curated over 40 exhibitions, including the series Time and Technology, Synaesthesia, and [macro]biologies & [micro]biologies. His curatorial work focuses on the interface of art, science and technology in the 21st century. He has published numerous articles in journals and books. His new publication [macro]biologies & [micro]biologies. Art and the Biological Sublime in the 21st Century reflects theoretically on ALB's 2013-15 program.

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