Eroticism Beyond Human

Description

‘Eroticism Beyond Human’ explores posthumanist forms of eroticism. Posthumanism is a philosophical concept that questions traditional dualisms such as nature vs. culture or human vs. machine. In this project, eroticism serves as a means to blur those boundaries.

It is not about finding a connection to nature. We are nature. Nor is it about finding a connection to the artificial. We are artificial. Such binary distinctions do not hold. Instead, ‘Eroticism Beyond Human’ reveals how these seemingly opposing concepts coexist – not in contradiction – but in constant simultaneity.

For eroticism itself exists in an inherent state of in-betweenness: Although not “unnatural”, it goes beyond by detaching the sexual from procreation. Eroticism is, so to speak, the cultural sublimation of excess sexual energy – it bridges what is considered “natural” and what is considered “artificial”.

This narrative is embodied by The Other, a pneumatically-powered soft robot with erotic characteristics.