However, posthuman is primarily a metaphor adopted by variety of narratives focused on potential aspects of technologically extended life: From serious scientific investigations, through science-fiction, up to its appropriations by the art world. It is an attractive subject of science-fiction stories and a sexy postmodern slogan, as well as a symbol of transgression of predestinating categories such as race, gender or social status. Processual existence of posthuman is located beyond any dualistic categorizations and refuses essentialist approach. The posthuman is seen as an offspring of technoculture, a synthesis of living and artificial, and a loosely evolving entity without fixed ontological boundaries. Posthumanism is conceived as a movement on the border between serious scientific discourse and fiction: Based on the mathematical theory of communication as well as the legacy of cyberpunk dystopia, it offers a vision of transition from human to the so-called posthuman. First part of the text discusses the onset and development of posthumanism as a philosophical and cultural movement focused on gradual man – machine convergence, the following part then presents its reflection within the work of selected performance artists. This paper suggests a convenience of artistic approach to scientific research, while attempting to embody a theoretical concept of posthuman within the performance art practice.
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