The premiere of the Humanimal performance for which I composed and performed live took place on 27 and 28 November at 18.30 in the Tadeusz Kantor's Art Documentation Centre Cricoteka (ul. Nadwiślańska 2-4 in Krakow) as part of the Rollercoaster. Experience Collectors | Young Experience Creators.
The performance is inspired by forgotten public exhibitions, the so-called human zoos, in which representatives of indigenous peoples living in the colonies were placed. The dehumanization that underlies the creation of human zoos is a problem that is still present in various forms. Using the example of human zoos, we refer to dehumanization in contemporary times, as well as to being an Other and our own experience of otherness. We look for the difference between when we are recognized as human and when humanity is denied at the level of the body and language. We look at the conflict between an externally imposed narrative that places us in a subhuman position and an internal sense of being incompatible with such assumptions, as well as the parallels between the dehumanization of humans and the objectification of animals.
