Transhumanist art

Transhumanist art is an art movement which focuses on the concept of transhumanity, a transitional stage in a perceived progression from human to transhuman to posthuman. Transhumanist was used by artists to question the traditional roles of the artist, the era of modern art and conventional aesthetics. Its proponents advocate future-oriented aesthetics, often reflecting transdisciplinary works in art, science and technology.

Overview

According to Zoltan Istvan, transhumanist art is a vehicle for pushing for a science-minded society.^[1]

Characteristics and styles

According to Aaron Saenz, transhumanist art covers artificial intelligence (AI), genetics, cybernetics, and other disruptive technology.^[2]

Transhumanist art can include architecture^[3] and the works of scientists,^[4] whose goals are transhumanist in scope.

Arakawa and Madeline Gins are transhumanist artist and architects who have had their work featured in the Guggenheim Museum SoHo.^[5]

See also

General Transhumanism in fiction

Art genres Biopunk Cyberculture Cyberpunk Futurism Nanopunk Science fiction

Artists Alfred 23 Harth Stelarc Fiorella Terenzi Natasha Vita-More Oleg Mavromati Robert McCall Brooke Candy Jason Silva

References

1. Zoltan Istvan, A World Future Society Conference Speech: Everyone Faces a Transhumanist Wager, Huffington Post, (July 15, 2014).
2. Aaron Saenz, The Art of Transhumanism…Part II, SingularityHub, (Oct. 2, 2011).
3. Efrati, Amir (2009-03-24). "Couple's Dreams of Immortality at Death's Door, Thanks to Madoff - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
4. for example see list of transhumanist art works of Anders Sandberg, who is Research Fellow at Oxford University
5. Efrati, Amir (24 March 2009). "Couple's Dreams of Immortality at Death's Door, Thanks to Madoff". Wall Street Journal. Open Publishing. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

Further reading

• Alexander, Brian (2000). "Don't Die, Stay Pretty," Wired.
• Atlantic Unbound (2000). "Transhumanist Art." URL accessed August 14, 2006.
• Baker, Mark (1990). Women In Their Own Words. New York: Simon & Schuster.
• Bernhard, Brendan (2001). "The Transhumanists," LA Weekly.
• Brackage, S. (2001). Essential Brackage: Selected Writings on Filmmaking by Stan Brackage. New York: McPherson and Company.
• Burres, Ken, MD (2001). “Fitness Twenty Years From Now.” URL accessed August 14, 2006.
• Carta, Gianni (1999). "A Fonte Da Juventude," Carta Capital, Brazil.
• Clifford, Dave (2001). "Art and the Future," Mean Magazine. URL accessed July 20, 2006.
• Courau, Laurent (2000). "2000 Millennium Events," LA SPIRALE - eZine. URL accessed on January 2006.
• Editor (2003). "Primo Posthuman 3M+," Media Net Art. URL accessed August 1, 2006.
• Editor (2001). "Natasha Vita-More Transhumanismens Drottning," Zon, Sweden.
• Freyermuth, Gundolf S. (1996). Cyberland: Eine Führung durch den High- Tech- Underground. Verlag: Rowohlt Tb. (1998).
• Grundmann, Melanie. (2004). “Transhumanist Arts. Aesthetics of the Future?” Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder). URL accessed August 14, 2006.
• Ichbiah, Daniel (2005). Robots Génèse d'un peuple artificiel, FR: Minerva (25 Mars 2005).
• Jordan, Gregory E., PhD. (2006). “Review of Designer Evolution: A Transhumanist Manifesto." URL accessed August 14, 2006.
• McLuhan, Marshall; Lapham, Lewis H. (1994). Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. The MIT Press; Reprint edition (October 20, 1994).
• Perniola, Mario (2004), The Art and Its Shadow, foreword by Hugh J.Silverman, translated by Massimo Verdicchio, London-New York, Continuum, 2004.
• Sirius, RU (2006). "NeoFiles with RU Sirius on MondoGlobo.net," NeoFiles Show #38. URL accessed on July 14, 2006.
• Simou Panagiota, Tiligadis Konstantinos, Alexiou Athanasios. Exploring Artificial Intelligence Utilizing BioArt, 9th Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations Conference, IFIP AICT 412, pp. 687–692, 2013, © IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2013, Springer.
• Smith, Simon (2001). "Your Future In Art," Betterhumans. URL accessed August 9, 2006.
• Steyn, Ras, “Post-Human Body and Identity Modification in the Art of Stelarc and Orlan,” page 140. URL accessed August 14, 2006.
• Steyn, R.(M-Tech) 2007. Flesh Physix. URL accessed May 30, 2007.
• Pescovitz, David (1997). "Reality Check," Wired. Wired, Reality Check URL accessed on August 9, 2006.
• Young, Simon (2006). Designer Evolution: A Transhumanist Manifesto. Prometheus Books (September 30, 2005).
• Vita-More, Natasha (1996). "Transhuman Statement," Create/Recreate: The Third Millennial Culture. Los Angeles: Extropy Institute, 1997.
• Vita-More, Natasha (2000). "The Transhumanist Agenda Engineering Identity and Culture," Itau Culture, Brazil.

External links

• Technological and Aesthetic (Trans)Formations of Society (Conference, Darmstadt 2004)
• Transhumanist Arts & Culture World Center
• Transhumanities - (incomplete) list of transhumanist art works by Anders Sandberg