Radical Connections – Beyond a Symbiotic Sensation
How can each new sense nurture the connective tissue that binds the human and the nonhuman in an increasingly intimate dance? In the project Radical Connections – Beyond a Symbiotic Sensation I am speculating on posthuman sensory perceptions to explore the space between utopian and dystopian versions of posthumanism, where radical empathetic connections are possible. Does the speculative sympoiesis of technological innovation and microbiology have the potential to bring the human and the nonhuman closer together? My ongoing research is driven by contemporary issues of emerging biotechnologies, human and nonhuman cognition, and beyond-human relations. With the help of science fiction and what-if scenarios, this project transcends the idea of a symbiosis within the concept of better futures in posthuman realities and deconstructs the notion of species-based supremacy. I work with 3D animation as a medium of visual expression and immersive experience.
Patrícia Chamrazová | SK
Patrícia Chamrazová is Slovak research-driven digital artist focused on contemporary issues of ecology, accelerating technological development, and beyond-human relations. She utilizes the fluidity of artistic media, and her practice includes film, audiovisual installations, and XR, which she often expands with forms of textual statements and object elements. She moves from the abstract to the organic, from the conceptual to the intuitive, from science to metaphysics. She uses an approach characterized by immersiveness and soft digital aesthetics with the aim of transformation in both the physical and digital realms. She does not neglect the socio-political context in which her art is placed and draws inspiration from posthuman philosophy, microbiology, and new technology studies. She graduated from University of Applied Arts Vienna in 2024 (Transmedia Art) and Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava in 2022 (Intermedia). She is currently pursuing her doctoral studies at the Department of Digital Art at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.