Adriana Knouf – Some Fragments of Xenology: ‘you realise that the fieldlines intersect at the unexpected moment already’

Accompanied by her modular synthesiser, xenologist scholar and artist Adriana Knouf’s presentation is proposed as a love letter. Eschewing the binary logic that pervades Western thinking, Knouf argues that all beings – trans*, cis, and xeno – are in a constant process of flux and transformation, always already more-than-human. From syringes of ​oestrogen to the trajectories of satellites orbiting the Earth, she investigates ongoing and future processes of ‘xenomogrifications’ – the becoming of something else.

Following her talk, Adriana Knouf also sat down with Hannah Pezzack to talk about everything from Elon Musk and SpaceX, to fungi and making synth parts. Watch the interview here: • Adriana Knouf – Interview

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CREDITS
Production: Sonic Acts
Camera: Engage! TV
Intro sound: Jessica Ekomane
Intro design: Knoth & Renner with Anja Kaiser

Part of New Perspectives for Action. A project by Re-Imagine Europe, a collaboration between Paradiso and Sonic Acts (NL), funded by Creative Europe.

Recorded at Sonic Acts Biennial, 25 Feb 2024.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands