In this talk/essay, I want to present to you some concepts from which I have been developing my artistic project and my reflection on my practice with biomaterials, AR (augmented reality) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) specifically in this project; about the non-human and monstrosity as a way of constructing ourselves and everything it implies from the reflection of posthumanist theory
In order to understand what a Posthuman or a Transhuman is,
it would be necessary to first understand what it means to be a human,
how it is constituted and, at what moment it stops being a human.
where does the idea of being human come from? In general,
it is taken for granted that we all know what it is to be a human.
However, in the context of Post/Transhumanist speculation,
we would have to go back to the origins in order to know what we are talking about.
I will return to the ideal of the human being as a starting point in order to
resignify and update the idea of the human. Thus, I propose that the human is built not only
based on what is proper to it, such as being rational, free will, among other things;
but also for everything he has left behind throughout history and; importantly,
for everything that has been left aside: the intolerable, that which is of the order of
the monstrous: the unhuman, the inhuman, that is, the radically incomprehensible Other. As part of the talk ,I will present to you a multimedia essay about my artistic process
of the work that I have been working on the subject.
MAGENTA (María Nonantzin Martínez Bautista, México) is a transdisciplinary researcher, designer, and artist from Mexico City. She holds a Master’s degree in Sciences and Arts for Design (CyAD) and is currently a PhD candidate in Social Sciences with a focus on Politics and Communication at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (U.A.M.). Her artistic practice spans speculative art and design, live cinema, live coding, wearable art, audiovisual performance, biosensor-based works, and noise generated with DIY devices. As an academic researcher and educator in transdisciplinary art and multimedia design, she explores the possibilities of code as a plastic and aesthetic material, as well as inter-semiotic experimentation with new materials, augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI), DIY hardware/software, sound collage, and robotics. In the digital sphere, she often integrates biological processes, data, and material experimentation into her artistic production and speculative design. Conceptually, her work engages with critical theory—particularly deconstruction, posthumanist thought, systems theory, and chaos theory—reflecting on both present conditions and possible futures. Her projects have been exhibited internationally in festivals and forums including Transpiksel, e-Cuerpo International Meeting of Wearable Art and Technology, and the International Meeting of Sound Art and Audiovisual Exploration. Her recent project MITOCONDRIA / Immersion in the Maternal Lineage includes the bioart piece Mytochondrial Dress: Travel Stories with My Ancestors, which combines 3D printing, AI, and AR, and has been exhibited at CNART and the Genomic Research Institute. She is also part of Posthuman Art Network as a resident and artist.
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