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SUMMARY:Tereza Vinklárková\, Vojta Dubcová\, Michal Durda /Monster Manifest
	o/
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DESCRIPTION:In her influential text A Cyborg Manifesto (1985)\, Donna Haraw
	ay proposes a\nradical transgression of binary oppositions such as nature 
	and technology\, male\nand female\, organic and synthetic. The cyborg thus
	 becomes a metaphor of\nresistance against essentialist notions of identit
	y and rigid power structures.\nIn academic and artistic circles—especially
	 within queer\, posthumanist\, and\ntransfeminist studies—the cyborg is a 
	symbol of a liberating alternative for\nthose who transcend normative fram
	eworks of body\, gender\, nature\, and culture.\n\nFor many who experience
	 exclusion\, identification with the non-human (monstrous\,\nsynthetic\, a
	nimalistic) can be a form of relief: robots\, monsters\, dolls\, or\nmythi
	cal creatures also do not belong to the ‘normal’ human world—yet they are\
	nmore stably grasped within it\, unlike tabooed bodies. Identification wit
	h these\nOthers can serve as both a survival strategy and an act of defian
	ce. The problem\nis that society often views those who identify with the n
	on-human (monstrous\,\nsynthetic\, cybernetic\, or animalistic) as bizarre
	\, cool\, or frightening rather\nthan listening to what they have to say. 
	Haraway herself warns against embracing\nthe cyborg as a fetish. The aesth
	eticization of monstrosity may represent a\ncomforting way for society to 
	cope with the discomfort of encountering what\ntruly exceeds norms. Theref
	ore\, identification with the non-human is not\nautomatically liberating\;
	 it can become emancipatory only when it is recognized\nnot merely as an a
	esthetic but also as a testimony—with a right to political and\nexistentia
	l dimensions.\n\n[more at]\nhttps://screensaver.gallery/tereza-vinklarkova
	-vojta-dubcova-michal-durda-monster-manifesto\n[https://screensaver.galler
	y/tereza-vinklarkova-vojta-dubcova-michal-durda-monster-manifesto]
URL:https://devent.cz/event/tereza-vinklarkova-vojta-dubcova-michal-durda-m
	onster-manifesto
LOCATION:online - https://screensaver.gallery/get
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CATEGORIES:cyborg,manifesto,simulation,representation,screensaver
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In her influential text A Cyborg Manifesto 
	(1985), Donna Haraway proposes a radical transgression of binary oppositio
	ns such as nature and technology, male and female, organic and synthetic. 
	The cyborg thus becomes a metaphor of resistance against essentialist noti
	ons of identity and rigid power structures. In academic and artistic circl
	es—especially within queer, posthumanist, and transfeminist studies—the cy
	borg is a symbol of a liberating alternative for those who transcend norma
	tive frameworks of body, gender, nature, and culture.</p><p>For many who e
	xperience exclusion, identification with the non-human (monstrous, synthet
	ic, animalistic) can be a form of relief: robots, monsters, dolls, or myth
	ical creatures also do not belong to the ‘normal’ human world—yet they are
	 more stably grasped within it, unlike tabooed bodies. Identification with
	 these Others can serve as both a survival strategy and an act of defiance
	. The problem is that society often views those who identify with the non-
	human (monstrous, synthetic, cybernetic, or animalistic) as bizarre, cool,
	 or frightening rather than listening to what they have to say. Haraway he
	rself warns against embracing the cyborg as a fetish. The aestheticization
	 of monstrosity may represent a comforting way for society to cope with th
	e discomfort of encountering what truly exceeds norms. Therefore, identifi
	cation with the non-human is not automatically liberating; it can become e
	mancipatory only when it is recognized not merely as an aesthetic but also
	 as a testimony—with a right to political and existential dimensions. </p>
	<p>[more at] <a href="https://screensaver.gallery/tereza-vinklarkova-vojta
	-dubcova-michal-durda-monster-manifesto" target="_blank">https://screensav
	er.gallery/tereza-vinklarkova-vojta-dubcova-michal-durda-monster-manifesto
	</a></p>
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