Hello, I am wondering if someone here knows of any good academic resources on the topics of Posthumanism and Transhumanism. Posthumanism seems to fall into several sections of discussion, but I am more interested in learning about the version which is more related to Transhumanism. I am interested in learning what the defining and developing ideas are within these two terms.
For myself, the interest in the topic is coming from art making. In the past I used to do performance art works and I would never document them. I thought that the documentation of performance was not entirely representative of the moment. That point of view gave rise to a discussion about the document as a form of representation, and I became interested making art that was invested in that idea. I basically started using xerox prints of old performance photos and used a "burn out" technique to copy copies, making art that highlighted flaws in the copying process.
Eventually, ideas I had on the representation of a person through documentation intersected with concepts I started to discover were relevant to Transhumanism and a form of basic post-existence. My inquiries now are gearing to find more relevant art making processes to further execute these ideas, while hopefully making interesting (post) contemporary art.
So there is my question and the "why" component of it. Anyone think they have something i can look into?
Thanks for reading.
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