New Criticals


Nevertheless, in our post-world relations are increasingly complicated and the era of anthropocene has arguably superseded itself in that people already have done enough to completely change the ‘natural’ course of history not only for themselves but for the entire planet. This would call for deeper engagement and rethinking of ‘our bodies as part of nature-culture continuum.’(Braidotti 2013, 92)  I would argue that aesthetic possibility is acutely dependent on this process which Rosi Braidotti (2013, 89) defines, taking inspiration from Deleuze, as ‘posthuman as becoming machine.’ There is an aesthetic statement in Braidotti’s characterisation which she defines further:

The posthuman predicament is such as to force a displacement of the lines of demarcation between structural differences, or ontological categories, for instance between the organic and the inorganic, the born and the manufactured, flesh and metal, electronic circuits and organic nervous systems. (2013, 89)