HYDRABABY I  

LIVEXPERIMENT
2023 Kunsthaus Baselland

Material: sculptures, MacBook, Hydramanifesto

Credits: Photo © Christian Knörr


HYDRABABY I is a livexperiment exploring the dissolution of human certainties in the age of transhumanism. In a performative act, the Hydramanifesto is read from a MacBook display—held like a newborn. The scene intertwines care with technology, intimacy with machine. In a deliberate posture, half-kneeling among the hybrid sculptures of the installation, a moment of eye-level connection emerges: a silent communication with the non-human, a gesture of respect toward other forms of existence and expression. The manifesto raises questions: What significance does humanity hold as organic bodies, technology, and environment increasingly merge? How do identity, materiality, and meaning transform through the interplay of human, device, and surroundings?