Emberi – még mindig –, nagyon is emberi
Human, Still All Too Human

Summary/Abstract: The article shortly summarizes the conceptual difference between post- and transhumanism, and argues that this distinction is hard to make in the works of contemporary art, although certain trans- or posthuman stances can definitely be discerned. To make a tentative typology, the paper differentiates three basic conceptual dualisms based on Haraway’s Manifesto – nature – culture, man/organic – machine, and mind – body – and lists some of the characteristic topics within each. Ecoart and bio-art, artworks using living animals, others inspired by OOO philosophies, artworks using “parallel life”, androids or the different layers of digitally constructed realities. The article gives examples of the latest artworks that typically illustrate these topics. As a conclusion regarding both the media and technological possibilities of contemporary art and its involvement in social problems as characteristic of today’s art, the article emphasizes that Kant’s four fundamental questions still seem to orient contemporary art.

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