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Towards a Critical Posthuman Aesthetic: A Performance-Philosophical Research into the Configuration of Posthuman Figures on the Contemporary Stage of Kris Verdonck
contemporary performing arts reflect on posthumanism and how they can communicate a critique of humanism. An analysis of Belgian artist Kris Verdonck’s performances, focussing on three aspects of posthumanism - the dehumanized figure, dematerialized performers, acting objects and human enhacement. Methodologically this research is inscribed in the philosophical turn in theatre and performance studies.
Date:1 Oct 2013 → 30 Sep 2017
Keywords:agency, human enhancement, posthumanism, Kris Verdonck, Giorgio Agamben, philosophical turn, object, figures
Disciplines:Art studies and sciences, Other philosophy, ethics and religious studies not elsewhere classified, Ethics, Philosophy, Theatre and performance, Theory and methodology of philosophy