Confronting Vegetal Otherness - Skotopoiesis, Phytoteratology, Strange Encounters / Špela Petrič (SI)
To investigate the consequences of a biotechnological and computational framing of life, the triptych Confronting Vegetal Otherness grounds the heteronomous human condition through risky relations with organisms traditionally thought to already exist in a state of environmental dependency, without an interiority or essence. Its three parts: Skotopoiesis, Strange Encounters, and Phytoteratology follow the implications of intimate encounters with plants at three different scales. Through the guidance of plants, the artist considers what it means to have and to be a body, and how the vegetal can bring into question representation, identity, and ethics.
Credit: Špela Petrič
Confronting Vegetal Otherness - Skotopoiesis, Phytoteratology, Strange Encounters / Špela Petrič (SI)
To investigate the consequences of a biotechnological and computational framing of life, the triptych Confronting Vegetal Otherness grounds the heteronomous human condition through risky relations with organisms traditionally thought to already exist in a state of environmental dependency, without an interiority or essence. Its three parts: Skotopoiesis, Strange Encounters, and Phytoteratology follow the implications of intimate encounters with plants at three different scales. Through the guidance of plants, the artist considers what it means to have and to be a body, and how the vegetal can bring into question representation, identity, and ethics.
Credit: Špela Petrič