Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.31664/zu.2018.102.02
Subversiveness in Hybrid Art Practices
Olga Majcen Linn
; independent researcher, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This paper focuses on the subversive potential of hybrid art based on three controversial case studies: ARTE-mis by Maja Smrekar, GPT Bunny by Eduardo Kac, and Disembodied Cuisine by the art group Tissue Culture and Art. All of them, each in its own way, deal with the human attitude towards animals. In terms of theory, the present analysis is based on the premises of philosophic post-humanism in a broader sense of the term, Giorgio Agamben’s considerations on the relationship between man and animal, various theories on subversive art, and the current insights on hybrid art. The author’s main hypothesis is that hybrid art has a considerable subversive potential, which relies on the use of unexpected materials and procedures from extra-artistic, scientific disciplines, and on their transposition into the public field, which challenges the viewer by making him or her face living art creatures instead of artistic objects.
Keywords
subversion; hybrid art; bio-art; Maja Smrekar; Eduardo Kac; Tissue Culture and Art
Hrčak ID:
203841
URI
Publication date:
1.7.2018.
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