Posthuman Research

Two videos with large correlation of meaning. The sense of that two videos is in opposition. In posthuman research is female-human-object in time loop asking about identity. A dialog with google asking about where is her lost identity in the network. Google responds by the voice of google translate app. Dialogue is dubbed in the mound of scrap iron (discarded computer hardware). In the second video a female pregnant body, covered in black and white liquids. The female body just in details as if it is prehistorical sculpture (Venus of willendorf for example). Questioning the first and final role of woman: goddess or robotic slave.

BIOS

Darina Alster is visual artist, performer, publisher, curator and pedagog. She lives and works in Prague. She is mostly working with performance, spoken word, sound and video. Main topics of her artistic interest are Time, Identity and Relationships. In her performances, she exceeds borders of known reality , interupting real situations with unknown and iracional things, then they will become the subconscious. She is mostly experimenting with new media, combine them with archaic medias, as a Astrology, Tarot, Mythology, Fairytales or other kinds of Archetypes. Her known projects are: Treasure, Piet, Personal Tarot, Naked Lunch, Bianca Braselli, Fembot, Thelematrix, Videoautomat, Memorial to victims of Capitalism, Imago Dei, The way of performance, Videoaltar, Dark Madona, Modern forms of invocating reality, Theatrum Mundi, Tension X, Dark Mirror, Earth Versions