Posthumanism is a philosophy that challenges our notion of what it means to be human, in relation to animals, technology and the world. For Rosi Braidotti, in order to move away from hierarchical relations, a form of ‘estrangement and radical repositioning on the part of the subject’ is needed. In Yihao Zhang’s work, it can be seen that an estrangement and reposition of the subject is seen through a mechanical lens.
Irmak Dönmez is a Turkish artist whose sculptural and ceramic pieces engage with corporeal politics. Dönmez’s works operate with acute attention to anatomical, psychological, and epistemological structures.
