Opening 17.01.2019
/ 5 pm
Witches Tower / al. F. Nullo 8 / Słupsk
/ 5.30 pm
Small Gallery /ul. Partyzantów 31a / Słupsk
/ 6.30 pm
Centre for Creative Activities /ul. Gen. Zaruskiego 1a /Ustka
Exhibition:
18.01 – 31.03.2019
Small Gallery / ul. Partyzantów 31a / Słupsk
Centre for Creative Activities / ul. Gen. Zaruskiego 1a /Ustka
Witches Tower / al. F. Nullo 8 / Słupsk
The album Man-Machine by Kraftwerk (German: power station) was released in 1978. The title song reached number one on UK charts in 1982. More recently, Kraftwerk performed live at London’s Museum of Modern Art in 2012 and Tate Modern in 2013. Their minimalistic, dehumanized music, which has combined several generations of electro, techno, industrial and new romantic artists, also continues to inspire new generations of listeners. In the times of post-humanism and post-Internet, the eponymous Man-Machine seems nothing unusual. The parallel living in the real and virtual worlds is our daily bread. Transhumanism, which advocates the use of science and technology in order to transform people into higher beings (so-called posthumans), has already become a reality. In fact, machine anthropomorphization is now progressing faster
than ever before. On the other hand, post-humanists seek a new way of using the human body. In her book How we Became Posthuman, Katherine Hayles perceives the human body as the original prosthesis, which we can freely expand. The boundaries between the robot and the cyborg have become blurred. Technology and genetics will one day contribute to the creation of a next generation man – a transhumanist posthuman. This relationship between man and machine has become an inspiration for the creation of a series of paintings, objects, sculptures, videos and audio installations – all making up a new project. (Igor Przybylski)