Transfer
curator: Adrian Chorębała
Rondo Art, Katowice
In post-modern times, the clear division between what is human and what belongs to the world of machines, virtual reality, or non-human consciousness is slowly blurring. The clear opposition I-as-a-subject versus the outside world loses its meaning. Norbert Delman tracks the traces of new subjectivity in his latest project. “Transfer” is exactly such a transition between the two states; it undermines the status of the subject and becomes a part of the posthumanism trend – or the critical version of it, to be precise.
As Roman Lewandowski explains in his book The Passage Effect. Identity Confrontations and Negotiations in Contemporary Artistic Practices, “… critical posthumanism, which – according to Monika Bakke – <<does not recognize great hierarchical divisions such as nature/culture/human/machine, human/animal, etc. and is characterized by neither technophilia (like transhumanism) nor technophobia (like neoliberal bio-conservatism)>>”. “Transfer” is a postmodern rite of passage. It is part of Norbert Delman’s current practice, continuing his reflection on the essence of existing in a world outside of corporeality, beyond reality. The artist, feeding on themes known from “Black Mirror” or “Her”, asks the question of whether a man is able to generate an artificial consciousness that will match the human one – or even surpass it.
Transfer
curator: Adrian Chorębała
Rondo Art, Katowice
In post-modern times, the clear division between what is human and what belongs to the world of machines, virtual reality, or non-human consciousness is slowly blurring. The clear opposition I-as-a-subject versus the outside world loses its meaning. Norbert Delman tracks the traces of new subjectivity in his latest project. “Transfer” is exactly such a transition between the two states; it undermines the status of the subject and becomes a part of the posthumanism trend – or the critical version of it, to be precise.
As Roman Lewandowski explains in his book The Passage Effect. Identity Confrontations and Negotiations in Contemporary Artistic Practices, “… critical posthumanism, which – according to Monika Bakke – <<does not recognize great hierarchical divisions such as nature/culture/human/machine, human/animal, etc. and is characterized by neither technophilia (like transhumanism) nor technophobia (like neoliberal bio-conservatism)>>”. “Transfer” is a postmodern rite of passage. It is part of Norbert Delman’s current practice, continuing his reflection on the essence of existing in a world outside of corporeality, beyond reality. The artist, feeding on themes known from “Black Mirror” or “Her”, asks the question of whether a man is able to generate an artificial consciousness that will match the human one – or even surpass it.