The Future Behind Us: What Are the Limits of Interspecies Communication?
<p>We have lived alongside dogs for thousands of years. How close have we grown to each other since we first domesticated them? In one of her performances, artist Maja Smrekar biologically manipulated her body so that she could use her own breast milk to feed an Icelandic Spitz puppy. Behind its spectacular and, for some, controversial guises, Smrekar’s exploration of transpecies motherhood probed uncomfortable issues such as the instrumentalization of female bodies, the problematic position of the human species at the top and centre of ecosystems, the ambiguities of biotechnological promises and the prospect of a post-human world.</p>
Authors: Régine Debatty
Contributors: Maja Smrekar
Audio Engineer: Gašper Torkar
Producer: Marcela Okretič
Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art
Part of: Tactics&Practice [podcast]