The confrontation and interaction with non human alterity has shaped our way of thinking, our aesthetics and technologies, as well as our language which is full of metaphors and expressions based on zoological instances. The opposition of culture and nature - deeply rooted in anthropocentric and humanistic visions of the world - doesn't seem to make much sense any longer. The broad proliferation of theriomorphism in art, but also in many other manifestations of contemporary culture, could be the signal of an existential void that affects the urbanized and globalized western society. Analyzing the animal presence in contemporary art could be useful to understand how both the posthumanistic and non-anthropocentrism thoughts are growing and changing our look on the world.
The presence of Animals in Contemporary Art as a sign of Cultural Change
L. bochicchio
2012-01-01
Abstract
The confrontation and interaction with non human alterity has shaped our way of thinking, our aesthetics and technologies, as well as our language which is full of metaphors and expressions based on zoological instances. The opposition of culture and nature - deeply rooted in anthropocentric and humanistic visions of the world - doesn't seem to make much sense any longer. The broad proliferation of theriomorphism in art, but also in many other manifestations of contemporary culture, could be the signal of an existential void that affects the urbanized and globalized western society. Analyzing the animal presence in contemporary art could be useful to understand how both the posthumanistic and non-anthropocentrism thoughts are growing and changing our look on the world.
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