The Future Behind Us | Ep. #10: What Are the Limits of Interspecies Communication? [w/ Maja Smrekar]

We have lived alongside dogs for thousands of years. How close have we grown to each other since we first domesticated them? In one of her performances, artist Maja Smrekar biologically manipulated her body so that she could use her own breast milk to feed an Icelandic Spitz puppy. Behind its spectacular and, for some, controversial guises, Smrekar’s exploration of transpecies motherhood probed uncomfortable issues such as the instrumentalisation of female bodies, the problematic position of the human species at the top and centre of ecosystems, the ambiguities of biotechnological promises and the prospect of a post-human world.

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Maja Smrekar
https://www.majasmrekar.org

Hybrid Family
https://www.majasmrekar.org/k-9topology-hybrid-family

Miha Godec
https://godec.art

Gjino Šutić
https://mtflabs.net/gjino-sutic

Thomas Feuerstein
https://www.thomasfeuerstein.net

Richard Pell
https://postnatural.org/rich-pell

Paul Vanouse
https://www.paulvanouse.com

Adam Zaretsky
https://inarts.eu/en/lab/staff/zaretsky

Ionat Zurr and Oron Catts
https://tcaproject.net

Yann Marussich
https://www.yannmarussich.ch/home.php

Eduardo Kac
https://www.ekac.org

Steve Kurtz
http://critical-art.net

The documentary My Octopus Teacher (2020) by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Octopus_Teacher

COLOPHON

Host: Régine Debatty
Guest: Maja Smrekar

Recording: Régine Debatty
Music, editing and audio mix: Gašper Torkar

The Future Behind Us podcast series

Curated by: Régine Debatty
Coordinated by: Janez Fakin Janša

Produced by: Marcela Okretič

Production:
Aksioma | Institute for Contemporary Art Ljubljana, 2024

Part of:
PXXP•XXV: Speculation and Decay

Conceived and co-organised by:
Aksioma

For:
Pixxelpoint – 25th International Festival of Contemporary Art Practices

Produced and co-organised by:
Nova Gorica Arts Centre

In the framework of:
GO! 2025 – European Capital of Culture, Nova Gorica 2025

Supported by:
the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the Municipality of Nova Gorica

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