We have lived alongside dogs for thousands of years. How close have we grown to each other since we first domesticated them? In one of her performances, artist Maja Smrekar biologically manipulated her body so that she could use her own breast milk to feed an Icelandic Spitz puppy. Behind its spectacular and, for some, controversial guises, Smrekar’s exploration of transpecies motherhood probed uncomfortable issues such as the instrumentalisation of female bodies, the problematic position of the human species at the top and centre of ecosystems, the ambiguities of biotechnological promises and the prospect of a post-human world.

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Host: Régine Debatty
Guest: Maja Smrekar

Recording: Régine Debatty
Music, editing and audio mix: Gašper Torkar

The Future Behind Us podcast series

Curated by: Régine Debatty
Coordinated by: Janez Fakin Janša
Produced by: Marcela Okretič

Production:
Aksioma | Institute for Contemporary Art Ljubljana, 2024

Part of:
PXXP•XXV: Speculation and Decay
Conceived and co-organised by:
Aksioma

For:
Pixxelpoint – 25^th International Festival of Contemporary Art Practices

Produced and co-organised by:
Nova Gorica Arts Centre

In the framework of:
GO! 2025 – European Capital of Culture, Nova Gorica 2025

Supported by:
the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the Municipality of Nova Gorica

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