Maja Smrekar (1978,
Brežice, Slovenia) is a Slovenian
intermedia
Intermedia is an art theory term coined in the mid-1960s by Fluxus artist Dick Higgins to describe the strategies of interdisciplinarity that occur within artworks existing between artistic genres. It was also used by John Brockman to refer to ...
artist. In 2005 she graduated at the Department for Sculpture of Fine Art and Design Academy in Ljubljana. She also holds Master's degree in Video and New Media that she obtained at the same institution. She has exhibited in numerous institutions across the world. In 2017 she received the Golden Nica award at the
Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica Linz GmbH is an Austrian cultural, educational and scientific institute active in the field of new media art, founded in Linz in 1979. It is based at the Ars Electronica Center (AEC), which houses the Museum of the Future, in t ...
festival for her K-9_topology series. In this opus, which consist of four projects ('Ecce Canis', 'I Hunt Nature and Culture Hunts Me', 'Hybrid Family', and 'ARTE_mis') she addressed the topics of parallel evolution of human and dog. From 2008 she is a featured artist and production partner of
Kapelica Gallery in
Ljubljana
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In her artistic work she often employs biotechnological tools, meaning that her art works are often created in laboratory settings in which she collaborated with scientists and technologists. Hence, she is sometimes regarded as a laboratory-based
bio-artist, along with the artists like
Eduardo Kac
Eduardo Kac (born July 3, 1962) is a Brazilian and American contemporary artist whose portfolio encompasses various forms of art including performance art, poetry, holography, interactive art, digital and online art, and BioArt. Recognized for h ...
,
Joe Davis
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,
Marta de Menezes and
Paul Vanouse. She is known for uncovering and addressing difficult bioethical problems and dilemmas in her work, especially related to the position of the human species at the top and center of the ecosystem (
anthropocentrism
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), the ambiguities of current and future biotechnological practices and the concept of the post-human world.
References
External links
"What is really missing from AI?"from ''
New Scientist
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"Woman who breastfed a puppy and ‘fertilised’ one of her eggs with a dog cell wins art prize"from ''
Metro
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"Maja Smrekar: Ugotavljam, da je prav naša živalskost tista, ki nas dela najbolj človeške"by
Radiotelevizija Slovenija
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Based in Ljubljana, it has regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Ma ...
"Woman's egg fertilised by dog for art project"from the ''
New Zealand Herald
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Living people
1978 births
People from Brežice
Slovenian women artists
Slovenian contemporary artists