Art and Derivatives Processes

Abstract

This article is a first approach to Maja Smrekar’s works, which evoke experiences where being together, living together inter-species causes multiplicities, changes and problematizations. The myth of humanity, based on its uniqueness, is imploded, revealing in the works under the title K-9:Topology the experience of co-parenting and co-domestication between humans and animals. Proposing to rethink the social and ideological instrumentalization of the woman’s body. A woman’s body is influenced by social norms and objectification. Behind its spectacular and, for some, controversial appearances, K-9_topology offers us the opportunity to reflect on uncomfortable issues such as the instrumentalization and objectification of female bodies, the problematic position of the human species at the top and center of the ecosystem, the ambiguities of biotechnological practices and promises, the relationship between art and multispecies life. These works of art point to other ways of life, other ways of kinship, other ways of producing knowledge about art, reality, nature, and the place of the human among terrestrial species.