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, 2019, Rondo Art, exhibition view
Transfer, 2019, Rondo Art, exhibition view
Transfer, 2019, Rondo Art, exhibition view
Transfer, 2019, Rondo Art, exhibition view
Transfer, 2019, Rondo Art, exhibition view
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.