“Inhuman” symposium @ Fridericianum, May 25

, 25 May 2015
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The “Inhuman” symposium will be running all day today at Kassel’s Fridericianum.

The symposium tackles how technological advances and new insights into neurology have forced us to reconsider our concept of human nature, and human primacy in the modern world. Exploring a handful of diverse philosophical positions, the symposium questions the basic assumptions of humanism, and aims to develop a new materialism .

Kicking off with an introduction by Susanne Pfeffer, the symposium brings a performance by Johannes Paul Raether (Transformella: Forking Horizon I: Identitectarian) as well as lectures by Helen Hester (Technically Female: Women, Machines, and Hyperemployment), Rosi Braidotti (Posthuman, All Too Human? A Cultural Political Cartography), Iranian philosopher and regular  Holly Herndon collaborator Reza Negarestani (via Skype with ‘It Is Only What It Does: Selves, Agents and Artifacts’) , Peter Wolfendale (The Reformatting of “Homo Sapiens”) and François Laruelle (Philo-Fiction: Explaining a new genre of non-standard aesthetics on the basis of a photograph).

See the Inhuman” symposium event page for details. **

New Material Cultures @ PCCA, Nov 26

23 November 2016

The “Inhuman” symposium will be running all day today at Kassel’s Fridericianum.

The symposium tackles how technological advances and new insights into neurology have forced us to reconsider our concept of human nature, and human primacy in the modern world. Exploring a handful of diverse philosophical positions, the symposium questions the basic assumptions of humanism, and aims to develop a new materialism .

Kicking off with an introduction by Susanne Pfeffer, the symposium brings a performance by Johannes Paul Raether (Transformella: Forking Horizon I: Identitectarian) as well as lectures by Helen Hester (Technically Female: Women, Machines, and Hyperemployment), Rosi Braidotti (Posthuman, All Too Human? A Cultural Political Cartography), Iranian philosopher and regular  Holly Herndon collaborator Reza Negarestani (via Skype with ‘It Is Only What It Does: Selves, Agents and Artifacts’) , Peter Wolfendale (The Reformatting of “Homo Sapiens”) and François Laruelle (Philo-Fiction: Explaining a new genre of non-standard aesthetics on the basis of a photograph).

See the Inhuman” symposium event page for details. **

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‘Speculations on Anonymous Materials’, Sep 29 – Jan 26

16 September 2013

The “Inhuman” symposium will be running all day today at Kassel’s Fridericianum.

The symposium tackles how technological advances and new insights into neurology have forced us to reconsider our concept of human nature, and human primacy in the modern world. Exploring a handful of diverse philosophical positions, the symposium questions the basic assumptions of humanism, and aims to develop a new materialism .

Kicking off with an introduction by Susanne Pfeffer, the symposium brings a performance by Johannes Paul Raether (Transformella: Forking Horizon I: Identitectarian) as well as lectures by Helen Hester (Technically Female: Women, Machines, and Hyperemployment), Rosi Braidotti (Posthuman, All Too Human? A Cultural Political Cartography), Iranian philosopher and regular  Holly Herndon collaborator Reza Negarestani (via Skype with ‘It Is Only What It Does: Selves, Agents and Artifacts’) , Peter Wolfendale (The Reformatting of “Homo Sapiens”) and François Laruelle (Philo-Fiction: Explaining a new genre of non-standard aesthetics on the basis of a photograph).

See the Inhuman” symposium event page for details. **

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