Page - 22 - in JRFM - Journal Religion Film Media, Volume 02/01
Image of the Page - 22 -
Text of the Page - 22 -
22 | Stefan Lorenz Sorgner www.jrfm.eu 2016, 2/1, 15–22
such a scream or a shout. The enormous multiplicity of possible relationships can be
grasped as sexual and connected to intense feelings of gratification. Hence, this meta-
formance also enables us to move beyond a binary concept of sex towards metasex.
These brief descriptions of movements beyond dualistic media are only brief hints of
how the death of dualist media can be understood.
The four media artist-scientists represent not only four movements from dualist me-
dia towards non-dualist media but also different varieties of these developments. In
stressing ontological non-duality, ethical plurality, and perspectivism within his artis-
tic works, Jaime del Val represents a metahumanist version. With their projects includ-
ing a strong affirmation of the use of technologies, Kevin Warwick and Neil Harbisson
are more closely connected to transhumanism. In light of his emphasis on non-duality
in his digital media projects, Dale Herigstad is most closely connected to posthuman-
ism. Thus, the various creators discussed here represent a broad survey of what it can
mean to transcend dualist, humanist art.
My principal goal for this article was to provide suggestions concerning the cultural
relevance and embeddedness of dualist and non-dualist media and to demonstrate
that the presence or absence of certain types of media has extramedial relevance
that can contain ethical, political, and social meanings. The processes to which I have
referred are neither final nor completed. I have sought merely to suggest ways we
might grasp the extramedial meanings of dualist and non-dualist media.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Eissa, Tina-Louise/Sorgner, Stefan L., 2011, Geschichte der Bioethik, Paderborn: Mentis.
Hassan, Ihab, 1977, Prometheus as Performer – Toward a Posthumanist Culture? A University Masque in
Five Scenes, Georgia Review 31, 830–850.
MacDonald, Marianne/Walton, J. Michael (eds.), 2011, The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman
Theatre, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 1967-1977, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches, Berlin, Ney York, de Gruyter.
Sloterdijk, Peter, 2009, Rules for the Human Zoo. A Response to the Letter on Humanism, Environment and
Planning D, Society and Space 27, 12–28.
Sorgner, Stefan L., 2007, Metaphysics without Truth. On the Importance of Consistency within Nietzsche’s
Philosophy, Milwaukee: Marquette University Press.
Sorgner, Stefan L., 2010, Menschenwürde nach Nietzsche. Die Geschichte eines Begriffs, Darmstadt: WBG.
Sorgner, Stefan L., 2013, Human Dignity 2.0. Beyond a Rigid Version of Anthropocentrism, Trans-Humanities
6, 1, 135–159.
Sorgner, Stefan L., 2016, Three Transhumanist Concepts of Human Perfection, in: Hurlbut, Ben/Tirosh-Sam-
uelson, Hava (eds.), Perfecting Human Futures. Technology, Secularization and Eschatology, Heidel-
berg: Springer, 141-157.
Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau, 2014, Jaime del Val on Relational & Multi-Dimensional Perception, 6 March
2014, Metabody Conference, https://vimeo.com/88375539 [accessed 14 April 2016].
JRFM
Journal Religion Film Media, Volume 02/01
- Title
- JRFM
- Subtitle
- Journal Religion Film Media
- Volume
- 02/01
- Authors
- Christian Wessely
- Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
- Editor
- Uni-Graz
- Publisher
- Schüren Verlag GmbH
- Location
- Graz
- Date
- 2016
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- Size
- 14.8 x 21.0 cm
- Pages
- 132
- Categories
- Zeitschriften JRFM