The Reading Club: Berglind Jóna Hlynsdóttir
THE READING CLUB
23.10.2025 Nýlistasafnið kl. 20.30 – 22.00
SUPERVISION: Berglind Jóna Hlynsdóttir
FACILITATOR: Anna Líndal
TEXT: Posthumanist Performativity: Toward an Understanding of How Matter Comes to Matter (2003) Karen Barad.
Take a special look at pp. 817-818 regarding interactivity.
According to Barad's theory of agential realism, the universe comprises phenomena, which are "the ontological inseparability of intra-acting agencies". Intra-action, a neologism introduced by Barad, signals an important challenge to individualist metaphysics. For Barad, phenomena or objects do not precede their interaction; rather, "objects" emerge through particular intra-actions. Thus, apparatuses that produce phenomena are not merely assemblages of humans and nonhumans.
Welcome to the second evening of The NÝLÓ Reading Club, fall 2025.
you can request the reading material at odda(at)nylo.is
THE READING CLUB
23.10.2025 Nýlistasafnið kl. 20.30 – 22.00
SUPERVISION: Berglind Jóna Hlynsdóttir
FACILITATOR: Anna Líndal
TEXT: Posthumanist Performativity: Toward an Understanding of How Matter Comes to Matter (2003) Karen Barad.
Take a special look at pp. 817-818 regarding interactivity.
According to Barad's theory of agential realism, the universe comprises phenomena, which are "the ontological inseparability of intra-acting agencies". Intra-action, a neologism introduced by Barad, signals an important challenge to individualist metaphysics. For Barad, phenomena or objects do not precede their interaction; rather, "objects" emerge through particular intra-actions. Thus, apparatuses that produce phenomena are not merely assemblages of humans and nonhumans.
Welcome to the second evening of The NÝLÓ Reading Club, fall 2025.
you can request the reading material at odda(at)nylo.is
