Post-Contingent Coherence (Obra artística)

Resumen

This volume is collection of essays and practices that refect on the presentations inthe seminar Soils, Séances, Sciences and Politics (SSSP)- On the Posthuman and NewMaterialism (Goethe-Institut, Beijing 2017). This discursive and performative 2-dayseminar opened up diverse relevant topics such as, technology, ecology, sustainability,agency, and materiality. An international group of cultural and scientifc practitioners-artists, curators, researchers, and theorists- gathered to collectively refect on theseurgent issues with and through diverse art practices. This seminar and volume cameto life due to my long-term research and working here in China and my deep interestin the potentials and agencies of non-humans. We joined forces with the Beijing basedInstitute for Provocation (IFP) -Dai Xiyun, Hu Wei and Song Yi- and together developedthis project. Part 2 (Bi-lingual) : Contains images refecting the essays by the authors and introducesthe practise; video works and performances that were presented during the seminar. Ascontributing parts to the seminar and this publication, focussing on the particular, individual works, and the specifc content and context they explore