Who is Speaking? Artscience Stagings of Nonhuman Sentience
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- ISEA2020: 26th International Symposium on Electronic Art
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Presentation Title:
- Who is Speaking? Artscience Stagings of Nonhuman Sentience
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Abstract:
This panel presents three experiments that stage nonhuman sentience within substrates where they are not usually expected, such as microalgaes, plants, artificial neural networks, and electrochemical reactions. We use these hybrid assemblages to challenge commonly accepted notions of sentience, perception, and cognition, in particular by highlighting the active and creative role of sensing. Finally, we self-reflect upon the implications of these works on modes of understanding through art and science entanglements.
