Not fully human, Not human at all

The project Not Fully Human, Not Human at All looks into processes of dehumanization that are are taking place in Europe. Dehumanization is generally understood as the degradation of human life, that human beings inflict upon each other. The artists taking part in the project question the the obsolete category of the human, by imagining concepts from a new vocabulary of the process that can be called re-humanization.

Published on the occasion of the exhibitions Not Fully Human, Not Human at All, Kunstverein in Hamburg, 24 October 2020 – 7 February 2021, curated by Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez and Bettina Steinbrügge, and Not Fully Human, Not Human at All Kadist, Paris 20 May 2021 – 11 July 2021, curated by Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez with Émilie Villez and Salma Mochtari.

Das Projekt Not Fully Human, Not Human at All befasst sich mit den sich derzeit in Europa abspielenden Prozessen der Dehumanisierung. Dehumanisierung wird im Allgemeinen als die Entwürdigung des menschlichen Lebens verstanden,die von Menschen aneinander begangen wird.Die am Projekt teilnehmenden Künstler*innen hin-terfragen die veraltete, mittlerweile obsolete Definition des Menschsein, indem sie Konzepte aus einem neuen Vokabular der Prozesse ima-ginieren, die als Re-Humanisierung bezeichnet werden können.

Not fully human, Not human at all

Edited by Bettina Steinbrügge (Kunstverein in Hamburg), Émilie Villez (Kadist)

With contributions by Arely Amaut, Saddie Choua, Andreja Dugandžić, Ibro Hasanović, Kaltrina Krasniqi, Raquel Lima, Olivier Marbouef, Yuderkys Espinosa Miñoso, João Mourão, Daniela Ortiz, Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, Jelena Petrović, Lala Rašćić, Ares Shporta, Luís Silva, Bettina Steinbrügge, Nora Sternfeld, Pieternel Vermoortel, Francisco Godoy Vega, Emilie Villez, Zairong Xiang

Published as a part of the three-year project Not Fully Human, Not Human at All, curated by Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, initiated by Kadist and co-organised with Lumbardhi Foundation, Netwerk, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Hangar, and Contour Biennale 9

Managing Editors: Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, Nicholas Tammens

Copy Editing and Proofreading: Vanessa Joan Mueller, Ted Fendt

Translations: Moira Barrett, Michael Stoeber

Transcriptions: TonTasteText, Harriet Foyster, Thobile Ndenze, Malte Frey

Design: Charlotte Rohde

English and German

ISBN: 978-3-948212-77-3
160 pages

Co-Published with Akademie der Künste der Welt / Köln (Academy of the Arts of the World / Cologne)

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