*New podcast: OBJECTHOOD #5, feat. Hito Steyerl, Helen Hester and Roula Partheniou <http://rwm.macba.cat/en/specials/objecthood5-hito-steyerl-helen-hester-roula-partheniou/capsula>Curated by Roc Jiménez de Cisneros*.
This is a podcast about objects <http://rwm.macba.cat/en/specials/objecthood5-hito-steyerl-helen-hester-roula-partheniou/capsula>, but especially about some theories that have recently brought new perspectives on objects from contemporary art and theory. In this episode, we talk to *Hito Steyerl*, *Helen Hester* and *Roula Partheniou* about a number of ramifications of the idea of object in their respective practices. The 1997 track by Operator & Baffled that opens the programme, 'Things Are Never', repeats over and over again that things are never quite the way they seem. OBJECTHOOD #5 underlines the view of objects as points of convergence of a multitude of social, political, economic relations, trapped in matter and more or less made invisible by their everydayness. Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/specials/objecthood5-hito-steyerl-helen-hester-roula-partheniou/capsula More info: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20171010/Objecthood_5_eng.pdf Through her writing practice, films, and performative lectures, *Hito Steyerl *considers the status of the image in an increasingly global and technological world. Steyerl’s work is part of a lineage that includes Harun Farocki and Chris Marker, blending aspects of documentary with the film essay to explore globalization, political economies, visual culture, and the status of art production. *Helen Hester* is Head of Film and Media at the University of West London. Her research interests include technofeminism, sexuality studies, and theories of social reproduction, and she is a member of the international feminist collective Laboria Cuboniks. Toronto-based artist *Roula Partheniou* makes remarkable sculptural replicas based on domestic items, construction materials and office supplies. Whether stacked, shelved or left leaning against the wall, the artist’s use of precise forms and a reductive colour palette elicits a double take that invites viewers to pause and reconsider how their initial reading of common visual cues can often be deceptive. *Timeline* *00:00* Introduction *06:38* Hito Steyerl *11:20* Money *13:10* Condensations *14:55* Machine vision *17:55* Images, documentaries, translations *22:20* Helen Hester *25:03* Object/subject dualism in recent feminisms *29:05* Xenofeminism and Nature *34:40* Xenofeminism and the post-human *41:24* Roula Partheniou *43:00* 'Chalk to Cheese' *44:57* Readymades *46:05* Replica, perception *49:45* Real-time calibration *55:49* Coda >>The complete OBJECTHOOD podcast <http://rwm.macba.cat/en/objecthood_tag>series can be found here <http://rwm.macba.cat/en/objecthood_tag> *E /// N /// J /// O /// Y* *E /// N /// J /// O /// Y* *E /// N /// J /// O /// Y* Previous instalments OBJECTHOOD #1. <http://rwm.macba.cat/en/specials/objecthood1_graham_harman_luciana_parisi/capsula> feat Graham Harman and Luciana Parisi OBJECTHOOD #2. <http://rwm.macba.cat/en/specials/objecthood2-florian-hecker-erick-beltran/capsula>feat. Erick Beltrán and Florian Hecker OBJECTHOOD #3. <http://rwm.macba.cat/en/specials/objecthood3-martin-holbraad-quim-pujol/capsula> feat. Martin Holbraad and Quim Pujol OBJECTHOOD #4 <http://rwm.macba.cat/en/specials/objecthood4-nabil-ahmed-arie-altena-agf/capsula>. feat. Nabil Ahmed, Arie Altena and Antye Greie-Ripatti
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