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Posthuman Performative Space as a New Materialistic Agent: The Evaluation of Air Bubble Installation Work by Ecologicstudio
Abstract
Space is a phenomenon related not only to humans and vitals, but also to non-humans and non-vitals. This study started with a research question “What and how can be a posthuman performative space in between art and design?” and investigates the possibility of posthuman space performing as a self-organising and collaborative agent. Beyond anthropocentric dualisms, this space emerges through intra-actions of agents where it is an agent itself too, as one of the components of this posthuman environment. In this new materialistic scope, the study evolved as a qualitative research based on relevant texts of Braidotti and Barad. The study employed grounded theory methodology to analyze these texts by coding and generating diagrammatic sets of concepts. As a result of analyses, the findings reached were Distributed Embodied Agencies, Temporal Becoming as Relational Entanglements, and Emergent Reconfigurations of Posthuman Spatiality. By these findings, Air Bubble work by ecoLogicStudio was selected as an art and design project realized in two different contexts, enabling a comparative case study. Both implementations were described in detail and compared by their similarities and differences in relation to prior findings. In conclusion, this research asserts that Air Bubble exemplifies the characteristics of a new materialistic agent, functioning as a manifestation of posthuman performative space situated in-between art and design. Within this framework, the study seeks to offer an interdisciplinary perspective on the phenomenon of space and to contribute novel arguments to the scholarly discourse in critical posthuman theory in relation to art and design, for future investigations.
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References
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Art History, Theory and Criticism (Other)
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Early Pub Date
July 14, 2025
Publication Date
July 14, 2025
Submission Date
January 2, 2025
Acceptance Date
May 8, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 34 Number: 1
APA
Yurttaş, M. K. (2025). Posthuman Performative Space as a New Materialistic Agent: The Evaluation of Air Bubble Installation Work by Ecologicstudio. Sanat Tarihi Dergisi, 34(1), 423-453. https://doi.org/10.29135/std.1612230
AMA
1.Yurttaş MK. Posthuman Performative Space as a New Materialistic Agent: The Evaluation of Air Bubble Installation Work by Ecologicstudio. STD. 2025;34(1):423-453. doi:10.29135/std.1612230
Chicago
Yurttaş, Mustafa Kemal. 2025. “Posthuman Performative Space As a New Materialistic Agent: The Evaluation of Air Bubble Installation Work by Ecologicstudio”. Sanat Tarihi Dergisi 34 (1): 423-53. https://doi.org/10.29135/std.1612230.
EndNote
Yurttaş MK (July 1, 2025) Posthuman Performative Space as a New Materialistic Agent: The Evaluation of Air Bubble Installation Work by Ecologicstudio. Sanat Tarihi Dergisi 34 1 423–453.
IEEE
[1]M. K. Yurttaş, “Posthuman Performative Space as a New Materialistic Agent: The Evaluation of Air Bubble Installation Work by Ecologicstudio”, STD, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 423–453, July 2025, doi: 10.29135/std.1612230.
ISNAD
Yurttaş, Mustafa Kemal. “Posthuman Performative Space As a New Materialistic Agent: The Evaluation of Air Bubble Installation Work by Ecologicstudio”. Sanat Tarihi Dergisi 34/1 (July 1, 2025): 423-453. https://doi.org/10.29135/std.1612230.
JAMA
1.Yurttaş MK. Posthuman Performative Space as a New Materialistic Agent: The Evaluation of Air Bubble Installation Work by Ecologicstudio. STD. 2025;34:423–453.
MLA
Yurttaş, Mustafa Kemal. “Posthuman Performative Space As a New Materialistic Agent: The Evaluation of Air Bubble Installation Work by Ecologicstudio”. Sanat Tarihi Dergisi, vol. 34, no. 1, July 2025, pp. 423-5, doi:10.29135/std.1612230.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Kemal Yurttaş. Posthuman Performative Space as a New Materialistic Agent: The Evaluation of Air Bubble Installation Work by Ecologicstudio. STD. 2025 Jul. 1;34(1):423-5. doi:10.29135/std.1612230
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