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The environment we live in is a communal effort of interacting human and other-than-human actors whose entangled activities form the currents that push the continuous unfolding of the world forward - the worlding of the world is always a becoming-with. To acknowledge this reality and act responsibly we need to problematize the blind spots of the human in perception, logic, assumption and account for our biases. We do this by exploring engagements with non-anthropocentric perspectives, where ‘decentering the human’ is a central concept. We explore this through the notion of Umwelt, and the potential overlaying the Umwelten of other-than-humans on our own Umwelt, generating intermediate zones; between ourselves and the other-than-humans we share our world with. To realize these intermediate zones, we incorporate existing and emerging technologies to enhance our perceptual capabilities and to mediate between human, more-than-human and technological Umwelten. The main anticipated output is a series of interactive installations that serve as physical embodiments of the intermediate zones, providing experiences that bridge human and more-than-human perspectives.

In search of intermediate zones
In search of intermediate zones
In search of intermediate zones
In search of intermediate zones
In search of intermediate zones
In search of intermediate zones
In search of intermediate zones

Intermediate Zones

project team
Jerry Galle, Giliam Ganzevles, Bert De Roo, Glenn Deliège
duration
01.09.2024 – 31.08.2028
keywords
entanglement, Umwelt, worlding, other-than-human actors, technology, decentering