Sztuka w służbie antyantropii O twórczości Yazana Halwaniego
Art in Service of Anti-anthropy: The Work of Yazan Halwani

Summary/Abstract: This article attempts a critical reflection on anthropy and anti-anthropy–philosophi- cal categories proposed by Bernard Stiegler. This reflection is set in the context of a critique of capitalism and its alliance with neoliberalism. The author analyses said categories by referring to the work of one of the best-known Lebanese artists of the younger generation, Yazan Halwani. His selected works are discussed in a performa- tive perspective, as examples of technologies that foster anti-anthropy. The author analyses Stiegler’s categories in the Lebanese context to show contemporary Lebanon as a prime example of a state operating in accordance with business ontology–the ontological project identified by Mark Fisher with regard to capitalist realism. In all examples of his work, Halwani emphasizes the theme of forced migration understood as practices that generates chaos and further anthropy. The author of the article argues that the anti-anthropic dimension of the Lebanese artist’s work consists in using the issue of migration to reflect on the possibilities of conceiving new worlds and communities that would effectively resist anthropy.

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