Between Posthuman Critique of the Body and AI Art – the Oeuvre of Adam Pizurny

Peer-reviewed article, Submitted 24.03.2025, Accepted 27.04.2025

Jan Stasieńko

jan.stasienko@dsw.edu.pl
Wydział Humanistyczny, Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-696X

Agnieszka Dytman-Stasieńko


Uniwersytet Dolnośląski DSW we Wrocławiu (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5226-4660

Abstract

The article presents the work of the Slovak artist Adam Pizurny, who specializes in digital art based on the use of animation and visual effects and disseminated primarily through social media. Although Pizurny does not explicitly identify himself with critical posthumanism, his oeuvre reflects many of the key interests of this theoretical current, conveyed with nomadic subjectivity, critique of the body, and blurring of interspecies boundaries. Employing digital techniques and artificial intelligence Pizurny creates works that challenge conventional notions of humanity and demystify the primary role of the liberated humanist subject. His art refers to such motifs as the conventional nature of the human face, the algorithmization of the body, visual transmutations and morphing, and non-human others. The artist also draws inspiration from marine life by using AI tools to generate new species of organisms that highlight the ecocritical aspects of his work. Pizurny skilfully combines a critical approach with AI aesthetics, rendering his works both striking and relevant. The online distribution of his projects – particularly through social media – situates his work in close proximity to recipients and involves them in the dynamic process of interpretation and co-engagement with the artist.



Keywords:

Adam Pizurny, digital art, aesthetics of generative artificial intelligence, critical posthumanism, social media art

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2025-09-10

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Stasieńko, J. and Dytman-Stasieńko, A. (2025) “Between Posthuman Critique of the Body and AI Art – the Oeuvre of Adam Pizurny”, Konteksty, 349(2), pp. 217–224. doi: 10.36744/k.4365.

Authors

Jan Stasieńko 
jan.stasienko@dsw.edu.pl
Wydział Humanistyczny, Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-696X

Jan Stasieńko – dr hab. nauk o kulturze i religii, prof. Akademii Górniczo-Hutniczej w Krakowie. Jest członkiem sieci naukowej Beyond Humanism Net, realizował projekty naukowe i badawczo-rozwojowe związane z disability studies oraz aplikacjami wspierającymi zdrowie psychiczne dla Ministerstwa Nauki, PFRON i NCBiR. W pracy naukowej koncentruje się na game studies (narracyjne, edukacyjne i terapeutyczne konteksty gier), antropologii nowych mediów i grafiki cyfrowej, technologiach dostępnych i kulturowych studiach nad niepełnosprawnością; bada technologie mediów z perspektywy krytycznego posthumanizmu. Ostatnio opublikował Media Technologies and Posthuman Intimacy (2021) oraz Posthuman Studies Reader. Core readings on Transhumanism, Posthumanism and Metahumanism (red. razem z Evi Sampanikou, 2021).


Authors

Agnieszka Dytman-Stasieńko 

Uniwersytet Dolnośląski DSW we Wrocławiu Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5226-4660

Agnieszka Dytman-Stasieńko – dr nauk humanistycznych, adiunktka na Uniwersytecie Dolnośląskim DSW we Wrocławiu. Prowadzi kulturowo zorientowane badania medioznawcze oraz językoznawcze. W pracy naukowej koncentruje się między innymi na wykorzystaniu mediów przez ruchy społeczne, grupy marginalizowane i wykluczone, a także na badaniach aktywizmu w perspektywie technologicznej, komunikacyjnej i kulturowej. Autorka książki Cyfrowy świt wolności. Technologie medialnego oporu w Polsce w latach osiemdziesiątych XX wieku (2024).



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